ablative agent

ablative agent

[′a·blə·div ′ā·jənt]
(materials)
A material from which the surface layer is to be removed, often for the purpose of dissipating extreme heat energy, as in space vehicles reentering the earth's atmosphere. Also known as ablating material; ablative material; ablator.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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It also enables the injection of an ablative agent, such as topsalysin, directly into previously identified clinically significant tumors located within the prostate.
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