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10 Language-to-English DictionariesAblation
Pronunciation / Transliteration: ah-blah-tsee-ohn
"Die Ablation des Gewebes erfolgte unter örtlicher Betäubung."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The removal of human tissue, a part of a body, or a tumor by surgical means, radiofrequency, or laser.
"The cardiologist performed a catheter ablation to treat the patient's irregular heart rhythm." - 2
The melting, evaporation, or erosion of snow or ice from a glacier or ice sheet, or the erosion of a spacecraft heat shield during atmospheric entry.
"Climate researchers closely monitor the annual rate of glacial ablation in the Arctic."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'ablatio', meaning 'a taking away', from 'ablatus', the past participle of 'auferre' (to carry away, from 'ab-' away + 'ferre' to bring). Originally entering Middle English via Old French and medieval medical Latin in a surgical context, the term later expanded in the 19th and 20th centuries to geological, glaciological, and advanced technological sciences to denote the removal of material from the surface of an object or landscape.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ablation" is said worldwide
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ablation
Transliteration: ah-blah-syohn
"L'ablation chirurgicale a été couronnée de succès."
Ablation
Transliteration: ah-blah-tsee-ohn
"Die Ablation des Gewebes erfolgte unter örtlicher Betäubung."
ablazione
Transliteration: ah-blah-tsee-oh-neh
"L'ablazione laser è una tecnica molto precisa."
ablación
Transliteration: ah-blah-syohn
"La ablación por radiofrecuencia es un tratamiento eficaz."
ablações
Transliteration: ah-blah-sowng
Script: ablação
"O procedimento de ablação durou duas horas."
निष्कासन
Transliteration: nishkasan
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"चिकित्सक ने ऊतक के निष्कासन की प्रक्रिया पूरी की।"
消融
Transliteration: xiāoróng
Script: 中文汉字
"射频消融是一种微创手术方法。"
절제술
Transliteration: jeoljesul
Script: 한국어 한글
"심장 부정맥을 치료하기 위해 고주파 절제술을 시행했습니다."
アブレーション
Transliteration: aburēshon
Script: 日本語
"カテーテルアブレーションは不整脈の治療法です。"
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