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English Dictionary: [Ablation] by the DICT Development Group
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Ablation \Ab*la"tion\, n. [L. ablatio, fr. ablatus p. p. of
      auferre to carry away; ab + latus, p. p. of ferre carry: cf.
      F. ablation. See {Tolerate}.]
      1. A carrying or taking away; removal. --Jer. Taylor.
  
      2. (Med.) Extirpation. --Dunglison.
  
      3. (Geol.) Wearing away; superficial waste. --Tyndall.
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