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ablation 1. Medicine the surgical removal of an organ, structure, or part 2. Astronautics the melting or wearing away of an expendable part, such as the heat shield of a space re-entry vehicle on passing through the earth's atmosphere 3. Geology the wearing away of a rock or glacier ablation [ə′blā·shən] (aerospace engineering) The intentional removal of material from a nose cone or spacecraft during high-speed movement through a planetary atmosphere to provide thermal protection to the underlying structure. (geology) The wearing away of rocks, as by erosion or weathering. (hydrology) The reduction in volume of a glacier due to melting and evaporation. (medicine) The removal of tissue or a part of the body by surgery, such as by excision or amputation. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Of the Mexican WNV isolates, only the 2003 Tabasco raven isolate
had the E-156 Pro residue, which ablates the N-linked glycosylation site
found in most North American strains. We replicated our earlier finding that developmental CPF
exposure ablates the normal sex differences in 16-arm radial maze
learning and memory: during acquisition training, control male rats
typically perform more accurately than do control females, but CPF
treatment eliminated this normal sex difference. While
recognizing the varied and complex activities engaged in by the ablates,
Huel, in this particular study, focuses on their missionary work among
the Indians and the Metis More specifically, he concentrates on their
efforts only in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, from 1845 to 1945,
with the expressed hope that historians will provide more studies
related to the Oblate experience in British Columbia and among the Inuit
people of the North. |
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