definition of the word ablation

From Latin ablatio, from ablatus past participle of auferre to carry away; ab + latus, past participle of ferre carry: compare French ablation.

• Rhymes: -eɪʃǝn

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ablation (plural ablations)

1. A carrying or taking away; removal.
2. (medicine) The surgical removal of a body part; amputation.
3. (geology) The erosion of a glacier.
4. (physics) The dissipation of the heat of re-entry of a spacecraft, meteor, or similar object.

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