ablation

Meaning

Noun

• A carrying or taking away; removal.
• The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
• The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping.

Origin

• From Late Middle English ablacioun ("removal"), from Late Latin ablātiō, from auferō + -tiō; equivalent to ablate + -ion. ablatio. Compare French ablation.