 3 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ablation
noun
1: surgical removal of a body part or tissue [syn: {extirpation},
{cutting out}, {excision}]
2: the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Ablation \Ab*la"tion\, noun [L. ablatio, fr. ablatus p. p. of
auferre to carry away; ab + latus, p. p. of ferre carry: cf.
F. ablation. See {Tolerate}.]
1. A carrying or taking away; removal. --Jer. Taylor.
2. (Med.) Extirpation. --Dunglison.
3. (Geol.) Wearing away; superficial waste. --Tyndall.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
94 Moby Thesaurus words for "ablation":
abrasion, abrasive, absorption, abstraction, assimilation,
atomization, attrition, breakup, buffing, burning up, burnishing,
chafe, chafing, consumption, corrosion, crumbling, decay,
decomposition, decrease, decrement, deduction, degradation,
deliquescence, depletion, depreciation, detrition, digestion,
dilapidation, disintegration, disjunction, disorganization,
dissipation, dissolution, drain, dressing, eating up, erasure,
erosion, evaporation, exhaustion, expending, expenditure, filing,
finishing, fretting, galling, grazing, grinding, impoverishment,
incoherence, ingestion, leakage, limation, loss, polishing,
purification, rasping, ravages of time, refinement, removal,
resolution, rubbing away, sandblasting, sanding, scouring, scrape,
scraping, scratch, scratching, scrub, scrubbing, scuff, shining,
shrinkage, smoothing, spending, squandering, subduction, sublation,
subtraction, taking away, use, using, using up, wastage, waste,
wastefulness, wasting away, wear, wear and tear, wearing,
wearing away, wearing down, weathering
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