ablation Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun surgical removal of a body part or tissue
    extirpation; excision; cutting out.
  2. noun the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

WordNet

Ab*la"tion noun
Etymology
L. ablatio, fr. ablatus p. p. of auferre to carry away; ab + latus, p. p. of ferre carry: cf. F. ablation. See Tolerate.
Definitions
  1. A carrying or taking away; removal. Jer. Taylor.
  2. (Med.) Extirpation. Dunglison.
  3. (Geol.) Wearing away; superficial waste. Tyndall.

Webster 1913