ablation
noun
uk/əˈbleɪ.ʃən/us/ˌæbˈleɪ.ʃən/ablationnoun(OF ICE OR ROCK)
[U]environment,geologyspecialized
thelossoficeorsnowfrom aglacieroriceberg, or thelossofrockorsimilarmaterial,causedby aprocesssuch asmeltingorerosion(=gradualdamageandremovingbywaves,rain, orwind):
Annualmeasurementshaverevealedthaticemotionand ablation are notuniformfromplacetoplaceor fromyeartoyear.
The Earth & outer space - general words
- ablate
- aeolian
- alluvium
- anti-gravity
- atmosphere
- auroral
- geo-
- geocentric
- geophysicist
- globe
- lithosphere
- lithospheric
- mesosphere
- mesospheric
- microgravity
- the Big Bang
- the big bang theory
- the firmament
- underground
- universe
ablationnoun(OF TISSUE)
[CorU]medicalspecialized
amedicaltreatmentthatinvolvescuttingaway ordestroyingasmallamountoftissuefrom thebody, forexampleusingheatorcold:
Thehospitalwas one of the firstinstitutionsto use radiofrequency ablation onkidneytumours.
Minimallyinvasivesurgicalablations use thelatesttechnologytoenablesurgeonstoperformsurgeriesthrough needle-sizedholes.
See also
cardiac ablation
RFA
- Ablation is theintentionaldestructionoftissue, usually withheat.
- In most ablations thequantityoftissueaffectedisminuscule.
- Incatheterablation atinyprobeisthreadedthrough thearteriesto theinteriorof theheart, where itzapsa fewcellsthat haveoccasionallybeen making theheartbeattoofast.
Medical treatment: surgery
- a nip and tuckidiom
- ablate
- adrenalectomy
- amputation
- amputee
- anaesthesiology
- anaesthetize
- excise
- implantable
- implantation
- incision
- interoperative
- intraoperative
- knife
- sex change
- sex reassignment surgery
- snip
- splenectomy
- spreader
- transfusion