ablation
/əˈbleɪʃən/
noun
- The removal or destruction of tissue, especially by surgery, heat, or other medical procedure.
- Cardiac ablation is a common treatment for irregular heartbeats.
- The doctor recommended ablation to remove the precancerous cells.
- Laser ablation is often used to treat skin lesions.
- The process of wearing away or being worn away by melting, erosion, or vaporization.
- Ablation by wind and water shapes many desert rock formations.
- Engineers study the ablation of materials used in rocket nose cones.
- The ablation of the glacier has accelerated due to rising temperatures.
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