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ablation

noun

1 ablation

Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.

synonyms: cutting out, excision, extirpation.

Roget 38: subtraction, subduction; deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation, sublation; abstraction etc. (taking) 789; garbling, ... show more

Roget 789: taking etc. v.; reception etc. (taking in) 296; deglutition etc. (taking food) 298; appropriation, prehension, prensation; ... show more

Dutch: amputatie, ablatie

2 ablation

The erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers.

Polish: ablacja


Moby thesaurus: abrasion, abrasive, absorption, abstraction, assimilation, atomization, attrition, breakup, buffing, burning up, burnishing, chafe, chafing, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decay, decomposition, decrease, decrement ... show more.

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