ablate
ablate
Definition
ab·late (ab lāt′)
transitive verb -·lat′ed, -·lat′·ing
- to remove, as by surgery
- Astrophysics to wear away, melt, or vaporize (surface material) by entering into or passing through the atmosphere at supersonic speed
- Geol. to wear away, as by erosion
Etymology: back-form. < ablation < LL(Ec) ablatio, a taking away < L ablatus: see ablative
intransitive verb
to undergo ablation
ab·la′·tion noun
ablate
Usage Examples
Object
- tissue: The ' cool ' laser uses pulsed ultraviolet laser energy to accurately ablate tissue.
- gene: A third option is to ablate the disease gene to generate mice that are genetically similar to humans.
- target: Figure 2. SEM images of an MgB 2 target ablated at 193 nm at a fluence of 12 J cm -2.
- cell: It has been possible to genetically ablate these cells.
- material: Our explanation for this was that a strong stellar wind was blowing last the clumps and ablating material from them.
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