ablation

English

Etymology

From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) +‎ -tiō (“-tion”, nominal suffix); equivalent to ablate +‎ -ion. Doublet of ablatio. Compare French ablation.

Pronunciation
  • enPR: ə-blā'-shən, ăb-lā'-shən IPA(key): /əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩/, /æbˈleɪ.ʃn̩/
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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

ablation (countable and uncountable, plural ablations)

  1. (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
  2. (surgery) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.][1]
  3. (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping. [Mid 20th century.][1]
    Hyponym: constitutive ablation
    1. (geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting. [from 20th c.][1]
    2. (meteorology) The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by friction with the atmosphere.

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

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Danish

Noun

ablation c (singular definite ablationen, plural indefinite ablationer)

  1. (geology, medicine) ablation

Declension
Declension of ablation
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative ablation ablationen ablationer ablationerne
genitive ablations ablationens ablationers ablationernes

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French

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Noun

ablation f (plural ablations)

  1. the often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something
    • 2008 April 25, Martine Chouinard, “Brebis égarée”, in Le Devoir‎, archived from the original on 19 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 channel TQS] will allow it to focus on "the production of quality entertainment and cultural programming"
  2. (medicine) ablation
  3. (sciences) ablation

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