ablation
/æbˈleɪ.ʃn̩/ · noun
Meaning
- A carrying or taking away; removal.
- The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
- The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under heat or chipping.
- 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.
- The depletion of surface snow and ice by melting and evaporation.
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