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Webster 1913 Edition
Ablation
Ab-la′tion
,Noun.
[L.
ablatio
, fr. ablatus
p. p. of auferre
to carry away; ab
+ latus
, p. p. of ferre
carry: cf. F. ablation
. See Tolerate
.] 1.
A carrying or taking away; removal.
Jer. Taylor.
2.
(Med.)
Extirpation.
Dunglison.
AS
4.
(Geol.)
Wearing away; superficial waste, as of glacial ice or snow.
Tyndall.
Webster 1828 Edition
Ablation
ABLA'TION
,Noun.
A carrying away. In medicine, the taking from the body whatever is hurtful; evacuations in general. In chimistry, the removal of whatever is finished or no longer necessary.