ablation

ab-la-tion · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    (Medicine) The surgical removal of body tissue.

  2. 2.

    (Geology) The loss of snow and ice from a glacier through melting and evaporation.

  3. 3.

    (Physics) The removal of material from the surface of an object by vaporization or erosion.

Forms

plural: ablations

Related words

Antonyms: accretion, accumulation
See also: erosion, removal, surgery
Synonyms: erosion, excision, removal

Etymology

From Latin ablatio (a taking away), from ablatus, past participle of auferre (to carry away).