Look up: ablation

1. 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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2. Ablation
   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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3. ablation
   [n] - the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers 2. [n] - surgical removal of a body part or tissue
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4. Ablation
   The removal of detritus by wind action.
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5. Ablation
   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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6. Ablation
   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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7. Ablation
   Cutting away tissue or abnormal growth.
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8. Ablation
   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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9. ablation
   geology: removing the surface layer, e.g. the melting and evaporation of the outer surface of ice; Medicine: the removal of an organ by surgery Category: Management in the public and private sector • the removal of surface material from a body by vaporisation,melting,chipping,or other er...
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10. Ablation
    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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11. ablation
    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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12. ablation
    extirpation noun surgical removal of a body part or tissue
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13. ablation
    noun the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
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14. ablation
    (ab-la´shәn) separation or detachment; extirpation; eradication. removal, especially by cutting with a laser or electrocautery.
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15. Ablation
    • (n.) A carrying or taking away; removal. • (n.) Extirpation. • (n.) Wearing away; superficial waste.
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16. ablation
    (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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17. ablation
    (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. This destruction is the result ... .....
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18. ablation
    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 missile, by means of a melting heat shield.
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19. Ablation
    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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20. Ablation
    Surface removal of ice or snow from a glacier or snowfield by melting, sublimation, and/or calving.
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21. ablation
    
    • surgical removal of a body part or tissue
    • the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
    
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22. Ablation
    (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 avalanches.
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23. ablation
    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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24. Ablation
    Eradication or removal of tissues by surgery, laser, or freezing radiotherapy. Narrower term(s): Endometrial Ablation
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25. ablation
    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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