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Ablation
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ab⋅late

  [a-bleyt] verb, -lat⋅ed, -lat⋅ing.
Use ablate in a Sentence
–verb (used with object)
1. to remove or dissipate by melting, vaporization, erosion, etc.: to ablate a metal surface with intense heat.
–verb (used without object)
2. to become ablated; undergo ablation.
Origin:
1535–45; < L ablātus carried away (ptp. of auferre), equiv. to ab- ab- + lātus (ptp. of ferre to bear); see -ate 1
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ab·late   (ā-blāt')   
v.   ab·lat·ed, ab·lat·ing, ab·lates

v.   tr.

  1. Medicine To excise, amputate, or otherwise destroy the biological function of (a body tissue, for example).

  2. To remove by erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.

v.   intr.
To become ablated; undergo ablation.

[Back-formation from ablation.]
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: ab·late
Pronunciation: a-'blAt
Function: transitive verb
Inflected Forms: ab·lat·ed; ab·lat·ing
: to remove especially by cutting ablated>
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Medical Dictionary

ablate ab·late (ā-blāt')
v. ab·lat·ed, ab·lat·ing, ab·lates
To remove or destroy the function of.

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