(medicine) Complete removal of an organ or other body part by disease or surgical excision. Closure of a lumen. Loss of memory or consciousness of specific events.
obliteration
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(ə′blid·ə′rā·shən)
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noun
- Utter destruction: annihilation, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, liquidation. See crimes, help/harm/harmless, make/unmake.
- The act of erasing or the condition of being erased: cancellation, deletion, erasure, expunction. See include/exclude.
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The noun has 2 meanings:
Meaning #1:
destruction by annihilating something
Synonym: annihilation
Meaning #2:
the complete destruction of every trace of something
Synonym: eradication
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