ablação

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin ablātiōnem (“a taking away”).

Pronunciation
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /a.blaˈsɐ̃w̃/ [a.blaˈsɐ̃ʊ̯̃]
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ɐ.blɐˈsɐ̃w̃/ [ɐ.βlɐˈsɐ̃w̃]

  • Hyphenation: a‧bla‧ção

Noun

ablação f (plural ablações)

  1. ablation; removal (act of removing)
    Synonyms: retirada, remoção
  2. (medicine) ablation (removal of a body part)
  3. (sciences) ablation (progressive removal of material)
  4. (grammar) the removal of an initial phoneme of a term
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