ablation

ablaatio, sulaminen

poistaminen, irrottaminen puhekieltä A carrying or taking away; removal. (defdate)(R:SOED5)
puhekieltä The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation. (defdate)
puhekieltä The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under heat or chipping. (defdate)
puhekieltä The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion, mass wasting. (defdate)
The often forceful removal (physical or otherwise) or abolition of something.
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puhekieltä English ablation