Associations to the word «Ablation»
Noun
- Fabrication
- Sediment
- Leukemia
- Lung
- Coating
- Topography
- Poly
- Dopamine
- Diode
- Plume
- Lining
- Syndrome
- Alcohol
- Silica
- Cortex
- Analysis
- Localization
- Nerve
- Nucleus
- Arc
- Equilibrium
- Activation
- Zone
- Melt
- Node
- Uranium
- Matrix
- Inhibition
- Obesity
- Metal
- Debris
- Fourier
- Optics
- Ion
- Photon
- Gland
- Waste
- Catalyst
- Disruption
- Flap
- Isolation
- Beam
- Lobe
- Measurement
- Bleeding
- Resonance
- Optimization
- Treating
- Regeneration
- Scan
- Liquid
- Ct
- Ice
- Serum
- Abnormality
- Chromatography
- Insulin
- Sensitivity
- Breakdown
- Cell
- Determination
- Temperature
- Vacuum
- Antarctica
- Matrice
- Particle
- Tremor
- Differentiation
Adjective
Adverb
Wiktionary
ABLATION, noun. (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ABLATION, noun. (medicine) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ABLATION, noun. (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under heat or chipping. [Mid 20th century.]
ABLATION, noun. (geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion, mass wasting. [Mid 20th century.]
Dictionary definition
ABLATION, noun. Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.
ABLATION, noun. The erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers.
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