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ablate

 
Dictionary: ab·late   (ă-blāt') pronunciation
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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.

Veterinary Dictionary: ablate
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To remove, especially by cutting.

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The verb has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: wear away through erosion or vaporization

Meaning #2: remove an organ or bodily structure by surgery

 
 

 

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Dictionary. The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2007, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Updated in 2009. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.  Read more
Medical Dictionary. The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company.  Read more
Veterinary Dictionary. Saunders Comprehensive Veterinary Dictionary 3rd Edition. Copyright © 2007 by D.C. Blood, V.P. Studdert and C.C. Gay, Elsevier. All rights reserved.  Read more
WordNet. WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.  Read more