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). Doublet of ablatio. Compare French ablation. By surface analysis, ablat(e) +‎ -ion. === Pronunciation === enPR: ə-blā'-shən, ăb-lā'-shən IPA(key): /əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩/, /æbˈleɪ.ʃn̩/ Rhymes: -eɪʃən === Noun === ablation (countable and uncountable, plural ablations) (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.] (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.] (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.] Hyponym: constitutive ablation (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.] (meteorology) The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by aerodynamic heating. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ablatable ablate ablator ==== Translations ==== === References === “ablation”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. “ablation”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present. === Further reading === Ablation in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911) == Danish == === Noun === ablation c (singular definite ablationen, plural indefinite ablationer) (geology, medicine) ablation ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “ablation” in Den Danske Ordbog == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.bla.sjɔ̃/ === Noun === ablation f (plural ablations) the often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something (medicine) ablation (sciences) ablation ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: ablatie === Further reading === “ablation”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012