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AblationRemoval or excision. Ablation is usually carried out surgically. For example, surgical removal of the thyroid gland (a total thyroidectomy) is ablation of the thyroid.
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AblationRemoval of the lining of the womb. Removing the uterine lining decreases menstrual flow or stops it completely. Ablation means removal or excision, usually surgically. The word comes from the Latin ablatum meaning to carry away. The endometrium is the inner layer of the uterus (womb), the uterine lining which is normally shed monthly in response to [..]
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AblationIn medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radiofrequency, heat, or other methods.
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AblationSurface removal of ice or snow from a glacier or snowfield by melting, sublimation, and/or calving. Ablation Zone Region in a glacier where there is a surface net removal of snow and/or ice by melti [..]
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Ablation1 medical the surgical removal of body tissue
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AblationAs applied to glacier ice, the process by which ice below the snow line is wasted by evaporation and melting.
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AblationSee radiofrequency ablation.
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Ablationearly 15c., "a carrying or taking away," in medicine, "mechanical removal of something harmful from the body," from Latin ablationem (nominative ablatio), "a taking away," [..]
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AblationIn medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radio frequency, heat or other methods.
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AblationA process by where the atmosphere melts away and removes the surface material of an incoming meteorite.
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Ablationremoval of material from the surface of an object, including melting, evaporation, or erosion.
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AblationAll processes that remove snow, ice, or water from a glacier, snowfield, etc.; in this sense, the opposite of accumulation. These processes include melting, evaporation, calving, wind erosion, and an [..]
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Ablationsurface snow and ice loss from a glacier or covering of ice or snow.
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AblationSurgically removing a part of the body or tissue
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AblationAblation is the process of transferring heat by removing material by melting, vaporization or other erosive process.
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Ablation see: Catheter Ablation Therapy.
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Ablationnoun. The process of removing tissue from within the body for purposes of treating an illness or ailment, or to further discern medical problems not yet understood. For instance, many women who suffer [..]
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AblationAblation is the removal of harmful or unwanted tissue from a surface using procedures such as lasering, surgical removal, or vaporization. Ablate means "to destroy" and it is essentially the [..]
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AblationElimination or removal.
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Ablation(n) surgical removal of a body part or tissue(n) the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
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AblationRemoval. In the case of the excimer laser, the frequency of energy causes the molecules of the cornea to loose the "glue" that holds them together. They simply fall away from each other and the remaining cornea.
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AblationA form of treatment that uses electrical energy, heat, cold, alcohol, or other modalities to destroy a small section of damaged tissue.
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AblationOccurs when more glacier ice is lost by melting and evaporation each year than is added by snowfall.
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AblationSurgical removal of a part of the body, such as an amputation of a limb or removal of an abnormal tissue growth.
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Ablation(L. ablatio =removed ) removal
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AblationRemoval or destruction of abnormal tissue. Two types of ablation for Barrett's esophagus are radiofrequency ablation
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AblationRemoving surface material from a solid, in particular by plasma etching. Various plasma processes such as chemical etching, Ion etching, Reactive Ion-Etching (RIE) or Micro-Sandblasting remove molecules or molacular layers from a surface
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AblationAll processes, which include melting, evaporation (sublimation), wind erosion, and calving (breaking off of ice masses), that remove snow or ice from a glacier or snowfield. The term also refers to the amount of snow or ice removed by these processes.
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AblationProcesses by which snow and ice are lost from a glacier, floating ice, or snow cover. These processes include melting, evaporation, (sublimation), wind erosion, and calving
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AblationIn medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radiofrequency, heat, or other methods.
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AblationDefinition: Ablate (ab-BLATE) is to remove. Ablation (ab-BLAY-shun) is the act of removing. The word appears in hormone therapies such as androgen ablation therapy (to remove or suppress the testoster [..]
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AblationRemoval of Tissue with electrical current delivered via Electrodes positioned at the distal end of a Catheter. Energy sources are commonly direct current (DC-Shock) or alternating current at radiofreq [..]
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AblationProcedures used for the targeted destruction of the Mucous Membrane lining of the uterine cavity.
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AblationAll processes by which snow and ice are lost from a glacier, floating ice, or snow cover; or the amount which is melted. These processes include melting, evaporation, (sublimation), wind erosion, and [..]
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AblationRemoval of or stopping a part of the body from working by surgery or other means such as hormone therapy or radiotherapy.
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AblationRemoval or destruction of tissue. Acetylcholine (ACh) A neurotransmitter found in the brain, spinal cord, neuromuscular junction and autonomic nervous system. Acetylcholinesterase (AChE) Enzyme that t [..]
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AblationIn medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radiofrequency, heat, or other methods. (NCI)
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AblationIn medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radiofrequency, heat, or other methods.
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AblationDepletion of snow and ice by melting and evaporation.
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AblationThe weathering of a glacier by surface melting, or rock weathering by hydraulic erosion. [CATENA, v85, 194-204; 2011; DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2010.12.007] [Remote Sensing of Environment [..]
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Ablation1. A carrying or taking away; removal. 2. <medicine> Extirpation. 3. <geology> Wearing away; superficial waste. See: tolerate. Origin: L. Ablatio, fr. Ablatus p. P. Of auferre to carry away; ab + latus, p. P. Of ferre carry: cf. F. Ablation. (11 Mar 1998)
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Ablationexperimental removal or killing of some part of an organism; for example, in experimental embryology, used to determine what effect absence of the structure will have on development of the remaining e [..]
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AblationThe erosion of a solid body by a high-temperature gas stream moving with high velocity, e.g. a reentry vehicle's heat shield which melts or chars under the effects of air friction.
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AblationProcess of removal by erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
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AblationThe process of being removed. Snow
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AblationDepletion of snow and ice by melting and evaporation.
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Ablation
(obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.se contentant d'annoncer que l'ablation des nouvelles permettra de voguer vers «la production d'émissions culturelles et de divertissement de qualité».| [..]
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Ablationelimination or removal. A therapeutic method that physically destroys the heart tissue that causes or contributes to some types of fast heartbeats (tachycardia).
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AblationA procedure designed to use energy to disrupt or eliminate the faulty electrical pathways that cause abnormal heart rhythms; done through catheters placed into the heart through the blood vessels. ACT [..]
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AblationThe erosion of snow or ice, especially by melting.
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Ablation
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AblationA form of treatment in which needles or probes are inserted into the cancer to destroy the cancer cells by passing microwave or radio waves into the cancer.
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AblationAblation is removal or destruction of material from an object by vaporization, chipping, or other erosive processes. Examples of ablative materials are described below, and include spacecraft material [..]
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AblationDepletion of snow and ice by melting and evaporation.
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Ablation(n) - the process by which snow and ice is lost from a glacier
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AblationThe loss of snow by melting and evaporation. Ablation sucks.
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AblationDepletion of snow and ice by melting and evaporation.
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