reablate
reablate verb: to ablate again (as, for example, with repeated ablation of cardiac fibers for recurrent arrhythmias).
Verb
reablate (third-person singular simple present reablates, present participle reablating, simple past and past participle reablated)
- To ablate again (as, for example, with repeated ablation of cardiac fibers for recurrent arrhythmias).
Forms of reablate
| third-person singular present | reablates |
|---|---|
| present participle | reablating |
| past participle | reablated |
| past | reablated |
| alternative form | re-ablate |
Origin of reablate
By surface analysis, re- + ablate; perhaps by back-formation from reablation, although as with many such inflected pairs among classical compounds in biomedical vocabulary, the question of which inflected form came first is mainly of trivial interest rather than practical interest.
Questions about reablate
- What does reablate mean?
- Reablate means to ablate again (as, for example, with repeated ablation of cardiac fibers for recurrent arrhythmias).
- What part of speech is reablate?
- Reablate is a verb.
- What is the past tense of reablate?
- The past tense of reablate is reablated.
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