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Ablation

noun
1.
Surgical removal of a body part or tissue.  Synonyms: cutting out, excision, extirpation.
2.
The erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers.





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... Subtraction — N. subtraction, subduction^; deduction, retrenchment; removal, withdrawal; ablation, sublation^; abstraction &c (taking) 789; garbling, &c v.. mutilation, detruncation^; amputation; abscission, excision, recision; curtailment &c 201; minuend, subtrahend; decrease &c 36; abrasion. V. subduct, subtract; deduct, deduce; bate, retrench; remove, withdraw, take from, take away; detract. ...
— Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases: Body • Roget


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