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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesablare
Pronunciation / Transliteration: /aˈbla.re/
"Il trattamento serve ad ablare il tessuto danneggiato."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
To remove or erode material, especially by melting, vaporization, or surgical excision.
"The surgical laser was used to safely ablate the damaged retinal tissue." - 2
To lose snow or ice from a glacier or ice sheet through evaporation or melting.
"Rising global temperatures cause the alpine glaciers to ablate at unprecedented rates."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the Latin 'ablatus', the past participle of 'auferre' meaning 'to carry away' (from 'ab-' away + 'ferre' to bear). Entering scientific English in the 19th century, it initially referred to the removal of bodily tissue by surgical means before expanding into geology, glaciology, and aerospace engineering to describe material erosion.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Ablate" is said worldwide
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ablater
Transliteration: /a.bla.te/
"Le chirurgien doit ablater la tumeur."
abtragen
Transliteration: /ˈapˌtʁaːɡn̩/
"Die Hitze kann das Material abtragen."
ablare
Transliteration: /aˈbla.re/
"Il trattamento serve ad ablare il tessuto danneggiato."
ablatar
Transliteration: /aβlaˈtaɾ/
"El rayo láser ayuda a ablatar el tejido anormal."
ablatir
Transliteration: /a.blaˈtʃiɾ/
"O procedimento visa ablatir a arritmia cardíaca."
हटाना
Transliteration: hatana
"डॉक्टर लेजर से ऊतक को हटाना चाहते हैं।"
消融
Transliteration: xiāoróng
"热量会迅速消融冰川。"
절제하다
"의사는 레이저를 사용하여 조직을 절제했다."
アブレートする
Transliteration: aburēto suru
"熱により表面がアブレートされる。"
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