[uh-blit-uh-rey-shuh
n] 
| 1. | the act of obliterating or the state of being obliterated. |
| 2. | Pathology, Surgery. the removal of a part as a result of disease or surgery. |
[uh-blit-uh-rey-tiv, -er-uh-tiv] , adjective | o·blit·er·ate (ə-blĭt'ə-rāt', ō-blĭt'-) tr.v. o·blit·er·at·ed, o·blit·er·at·ing, o·blit·er·ates
[Latin oblitterāre, oblitterāt-, to erase, from ob litterās (scrībere), (to write) over letters (ob, over; see ob- + litterās, accusative pl. of littera, letter) and from oblītus, past participle of oblīvīscī, to forget; see oblivion.] o·blit'er·a'tion n., o·blit'er·a'tive (-ə-rā'tĭv, -ər-ə-tĭv) adj., o·blit'er·a'tor n. |