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ablation
Type: Term Pronunciation: ab-lā′shŭn Definitions: 1. Removal of a body part or the destruction of its function, as by a surgical procedure or morbid process, or the presence or application of a noxious substance.
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All processes by which snow and ice are lost from a glacier, floating ice, or snow cover; or the amount which is melted. These processes include melting, evaporation, (sublimation), wind erosion, and calving. Synonym wastage.
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[n] - the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers 2. [n] - surgical removal of a body part or tissue
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The removal of detritus by wind action.
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Noun: In medical terms this means the removal by surgery, radiation or otherwise of dead, diseased or unwanted tissue. Immunosuppressive therapy results in the ablation of one's immune system .
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The removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radiofrequency, heat, or other methods
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Cutting away tissue or abnormal growth.
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Ablation: Removal or excision. Ablation is usually carried out surgically. For example, surgical removal of the thyroid gland (a total thyroidectomy) is ablation of the thyroid. The word ablation comes from the Latin ablatum meaning to carry away. Historically, the word ablation once had mainly a ge...
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Ab·la'tion noun [ Latin ablatio , from ablatus past participle of auferre to carry away; ab + latus , past participle of ferre carry: confer French ablation . See Tolerate .] 1. A carr...
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1. A carrying or taking away; removal. ... 2. <medicine> Extirpation. ... 3. <geology> Wearing away; superficial waste. ... See: tolerate. ... Origin: L. Ablatio, fr. Ablatus p. P. Of auferre to carry away; ab + latus, p. P. Of ferre carry: cf. F. Ablation. ... (11 Mar 1998) ...
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extirpation noun surgical removal of a body part or tissue
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noun the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
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(ab-la´shәn) separation or detachment; extirpation; eradication. removal, especially by cutting with a laser or electrocautery.
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• (n.) A carrying or taking away; removal. • (n.) Extirpation. • (n.) Wearing away; superficial waste.
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(from the article `cluster`) ...jets that cool them and turn them into clusters. One especially popular and interesting method in which solids are vaporized is by the action of ...
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(from the article `glacier`) The ice sheets lose material by several processes, including surface melting, evaporation, wind erosion (deflation), iceberg calving, and the melting ... This great release of energy quickly destroys most meteoroids, particularly those with relatively high velocities. Th...
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ablation 1. Surgical excision, removal, or amputation of a body part or tissue. 2. The erosive processes by which a glacier is reduced; wearing or wasting away. 3. In aerospace: The dissipation of heat generated by atmospheric friction; especially, in the atmospheric reentry of a spacecraft or mis...
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Ablation is removal of material from the surface of an object by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive processes. Examples of ablative materials are described below and include spacecraft material for ascent and atmospheric reentry, ice and snow in glaciology, biological tissues in medicine, and...
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Surface removal of ice or snow from a glacier or snowfield by melting, sublimation, and/or calving.
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1. surgical removal of a body part or tissue
2. the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
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(1) Combined processes (such as sublimation, fusion or melting, evaporation) which remove snow or ice from the surface of a glacier or from a snow-field. Also used to express the quantity lost by these processes. (2) Reduction of the water equivalent of a snow cover by melting, evaporation, wind and...
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Ablation of Mercury capsule model. Credit: NASA • Removal of the surface layers of a meteorite during its passage through the atmosphere. • METEORS AND METEORITES • Removal of surface material such as occurs in a combustion chamber, or the controlled degr...
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Eradication or removal of tissues by surgery, laser, or freezing radiotherapy. Narrower term(s): Endometrial Ablation
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The loss of snow and ice from a glacier by melting and evaporation. It is the opposite of accumulation. Ablation is most significant near the snout (foot or end) of a glacier, since temperatures tend to be higher at lower altitudes. The rate of ablation also varies according to the time of year, bei...
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Technique achieved with excimer laser in which tissue is removed from the central optical zone with the intent of reshaping the cornea's curvature; usually for correcting nearsightedness.
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