Noun: ablation a'bley-shun
- Surgical removal of a body part or tissue
"The surgeon performed an ablation of the tumour";
- extirpation, cutting out, excision
- The erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
"Climate change has accelerated the ablation of polar ice caps"
Derived forms: ablations
Type of: degradation, eating away, eroding, erosion, op [informal], operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process, wearing, wearing away
Encyclopedia: Ablation