ablation
/əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩/
ablation noun: a carrying or taking away; removal.
Noun
ablation (countable and uncountable, plural ablations)
- 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 removal of a component of an AI system.
- The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting.
- “We’re just seeing enormous ablation, ice melt rates and snow melt rates all over the Alps,” Glamos network chief Matthias Huss told AFP on Friday, as multiple Swiss weather stations registered new all-time records.2026 June 27, “Snow and ice on Swiss glaciers melting at alarming rate amid heatwave, expert says”, in The Guardian, sourced from Agence France-Presse, →ISSN, archived from the original on 27 Jun 2026
- The depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by aerodynamic heating.
ablation meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Malayalam
ablation in Hindi
- taking away, removal
- उच्छेदन ucchedan
ablation in Tamil
- தேய்மானம், நீக்கம், அரித்தல், பாறை, வெப்ப நீக்கம், வெப்பந்தணிப்பு
ablation in Urdu
- کاٹ کر الگ کرنا
ablation in Malayalam
- അപക്ഷരണം
More languagesFewer languages
- ablation in Kannada
- ಕಿತ್ತೆಗೆತ, ಬೇರ್ಕೀಳಿಕೆ, ಕಿತ್ತು ತೆಗೆಯುವಿಕೆ, ಅಪಕ್ಷರಣ
Examples of ablation in a sentence
- This study evaluated the utility of a new simulator system for multipuncture radiofrequency ablation.
- In many cases, the mechanism of AT following AF ablation is macroreentry.
- Patients with previous ablation for atrial fibrillation (AF) may experience recurrence of perimitral flutter (PMFL).
Forms of ablation
| plural | ablations |
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Origin of ablation
From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) + -tiō (“-tion”, nominal suffix). Doublet of ablatio. Compare French ablation. By surface analysis, ablat(e) + -ion.
Words formed from ablation
- ablational
- ablation study
- ablative
- aquablation
- atheroablation
- chemoablation
- cryoablation
- cycloablation
- cytoablation
- electroablation
- hemiablation
- immunoablation
- locoablation
- lymphoablation
- myeloablation
- periablation
- photoablation
- postablation
- preablation
- radioablation
- reablation
- rotablation
- thermoablation
Phrases with ablation
Words that rhyme with ablation
- station
- collation
- accommodation
- presentation
- derivation
- information
- modulation
- translation
- application
- fixation
- generation
- orientation
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- citation
- combination
- communication
- conjugation
- constellation
- determination
- elevation
- operation
- relation
- reservation
- alternation
- condensation
- conversation
- deviation
- excavation
- foliation
- formation
- foundation
- incarnation
- interpretation
- representation
- retardation
- speculation
- termination
- abbreviation
- adaptation
- articulation
- bifurcation
- concentration
- congregation
- declination
- degradation
- expectation
- extenuation
- gradation
- observation
- population
- preparation
- reconciliation
- rotation
- separation
- situation
- vexation
- vindication
- accumulation
- administration
- aggregation
- appropriation
Questions about ablation
- What does ablation mean?
- Ablation means a carrying or taking away; removal.
- What is ablation in Hindi?
- Ablation in Hindi is उच्छेदन (ucchedan). See Ablation meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is ablation?
- Ablation is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ablation?
- Ablation is pronounced /əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩/.
- What is the plural of ablation?
- The plural of ablation is ablations.
Words near ablation in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: ablation (page history and authors); ablation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ablation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ablation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ablation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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