Ablate Definition
ă-blāt
ablated, ablates, ablating
verb
To remove, as by surgery.
Webster's New World
To undergo ablation.
Webster's New World
To wear away, melt, or vaporize (surface material) by entering into or passing through the atmosphere at supersonic speed.
Webster's New World
To wear away, as by erosion.
Webster's New World
To remove or destroy the function of (a body organ or tissue).
American Heritage Medicine
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Origin of Ablate
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From Latin ablatum past participle of auferre (“to remove”); au- (“away”) + ferre (“to carry”). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s. Came back into use as a back-formation from ablation.
From Wiktionary
Back-formation from ablation
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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