1. (medical) the use of surgery to remove body tissue
   • ● to undergo an ablation procedure
2. (geology) the loss of material from a large mass of ice, snow or rock as a result of the action of the sun, wind or rain
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘taking away, removal’): from late Latin ablatio(n-), from Latin ablat- ‘taken away’, from ab- ‘away’ + lat- ‘carried’ (from the verb ferre).

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