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ablated
ab·late
/
æˈbleɪt
/
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[
a-
bleyt
]
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verb,
ab·lat·ed,
ab·lat·ing.
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;
<
Latin
ablātus
carried away (past participle of
auferre
), equivalent to
ab-
ab-
+
lātus
(past participle of
ferre
to bear); see
-ate
1
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ablate
(æbˈleɪt)
—
vb
(
tr
) to remove by ablation
[C20: back formation from
ablation
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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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.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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