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Etymology

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From LateMiddle Englishablacioun(“removal”), fromLate Latinablātiō(“a taking away”), fromauferō(“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) +‎-tiō(“-tion”,nominal suffix).Doublet ofablatio. CompareFrenchablation. Bysurface analysis,ablat(e) +‎-ion.

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Noun

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ablation (countable anduncountable,pluralablations)

  1. (obsolete) Acarrying ortaking away;removal.[First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
  3. (surgery) Thesurgicalremoval of abody part, anorgan, or especially atumor; the removal of an organfunction;amputation.[First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
  4. (sciences) Theprogressiveremoval ofmaterial by any of a variety of processes such asmelting orvaporization underheat orchipping.[Mid 20th century.][1]
    Hyponym:constitutive ablation
    2. (geology) Theremoval of aglacier bymelting andevaporation; thelowering of alandsurface by any of several means, as inwinderosion ormass wasting.[from 20th c.][1]
    4. (meteorology) Thedepletion of surfacesnow andice from aspacecraft ormeteorite throughmelting andevaporation caused by aerodynamic heating.

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Translations

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taking away, removal
surgical removal
progressive removal of material
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References

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  1. ↑1.01.11.21.3Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “ablation”, inThe Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford; New York, N.Y.:Oxford University Press,→ISBN, page 5.

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Noun

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ablation c (singular definiteablationen,plural indefiniteablationer)

  1. (geology, medicine)ablation

Declension

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Declension ofablation
common
gender		singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativeablationablationenablationerablationerne
genitiveablationsablationensablationersablationernes

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French

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Noun

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ablation f (pluralablations)

  1. the often forcefulremoval (physical or otherwise) orabolition of something
    • 2008 April 25, Martine Chouinard, “Brebis égarée”, inLe Devoir‎[1], archived fromthe original on19 June 2008:
      […] se contentant d'annoncer que l'ablation des nouvelles permettra de voguer vers «la production d'émissions culturelles et de divertissement de qualité».
      merely announcing that the elimination of news programming [on tv channelTQS] will allow it to focus on "the production of quality entertainment and cultural programming"
  2. (medicine)ablation
  3. (sciences)ablation

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