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ablate

 
(ă-blāt') pronunciation

v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

v.tr.
  1. Medicine. To excise, amputate, or otherwise destroy the biological function of (a body tissue, for example).
  2. To remove by erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
v.intr.
To become ablated; undergo ablation.

[Back-formation from ABLATION.]


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(ă-blāt')
v., -lat·ed, -lat·ing, -lates.

To remove or destroy the function of.

To remove, especially by cutting.

 
 
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