ablation

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English [edit]

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Etymology [edit]

  • From Middle French and Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from ablātus (“removed”), the perfect passive participle of auferō (“carry away”).
  • Compare French ablation.

Pronunciation [edit]

Noun [edit]

ablation (plural ablations)

  1. (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
  2. (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.][1]
  3. (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under heat or chipping. [Mid 20th century.][1]
  4. (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.][1]

Translations [edit]

removal
amputation
progressive removal of material
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References [edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 2003 [1933], Brown, Lesley editor, The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary, edition 5th, Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, ISBN 978-0-19-860575-7, page 5:

French [edit]

Noun [edit]

ablation f (plural ablations)

  1. The often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something.
    • 2008 April 25, Martine Chouinard, "Brebis égarée", Le Devoir:
      […] se contentant d'annoncer que l'ablation des nouvelles permettra de voguer vers «la production d'émissions culturelles et de divertissement de qualité». — merely announcing that the elimination of news programming [on tv channel TQS] will allow it to focus on "the production of quality entertainment and cultural programming"
  2. (medicine) ablation
  3. (sciences) ablation
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