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noun

Ablation n.

A carrying or taking away; removal.

(Med.) Extirpation.

(Med.) Removing or destroying of a body tissue, especially by a surgical procedure.

(Geol.) Wearing away; superficial waste, as of glacial ice or snow.

(Aerospace) Wearing away of the outer layers of a protective shield or surface by the heat and aerodynamic forces caused by flying through the atmosphere at hypersonic speed, as during reentry from space; as, ablation of the heat shield during reentry.

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Etymology of 'Ablation'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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