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Ablation

Noun

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1.NounA carrying or taking away; removal. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
2.NounThe surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
3.NounThe progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping.
4.NounThe removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting.
5.NounThe depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by aerodynamic heating.
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