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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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At that point, one of my colleagues suggested that if commercially
available gentamicin drops could cause ototoxicity in patients with an
open middle ear space, perhaps we could use these drops to intentionally
cause ototoxicity in patients with unilateral incapacitating
Meniere's disease by ablating vestibular function. Standard and custom-engineered laser-processing systems for
cutting, trimming, drilling, profiling, marking and ablating laminar
plastics, including micro-machining with excimer laser technology. In our patient, urgent initiation of the lymphotoxic
anticancer chemotherapy blunted the initial response by ablating the
antibody-producing lymphocytes. |
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