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

ablate Related Forms

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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