ablatio

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ablātiō (“carrying away”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æbˈleɪ.ʃi.oʊ/

Noun

ablatio (uncountable)

1. (medicine) Ablation; detachment.

References

• Thomas, Clayton L., editor (1940), Taber's Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary, 5th edition, Philadelphia, PA: F. A. Davis Company, published 1993, →ISBN, page 6

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Latin

Etymology

From auferō (“to take away, steal, snatch”) +‎ -tiō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /abˈlaː.ti.oː/, [äbˈɫ̪äːt̪ioː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /abˈlat.t͡si.o/, [äbˈlät̪ː͡s̪io]

Noun

ablātiō f (genitive ablātiōnis); third declension

1. taking away, removal

   Synonyms: demptiō, remōtiō

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ablātiō	ablātiōnēs
Genitive	ablātiōnis	ablātiōnum
Dative	ablātiōnī	ablātiōnibus
Accusative	ablātiōnem	ablātiōnēs
Ablative	ablātiōne	ablātiōnibus
Vocative	ablātiō	ablātiōnēs

Related terms

• ablātīvus
• ablātor

Descendants

• Catalan: ablació
• → Dutch: ablatie
• → Malay: ablasi
• Middle French:
  • → English: ablation
  • French: ablation
• Portuguese: ablação
• Romanian: ablațiune
• → Russian: абля́ция (abljácija)
• → Serbo-Croatian: абла́ција/ablácija
• Spanish: ablación

References

• “ablatio”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press