Obliviation

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Total removal or erasure. countable, uncountable

    "The result is, three months after taking the first dose, an entire obliviation of the varicosed portion of the vein, with complete absorption of the mass."

Example

More examples

"The result is, three months after taking the first dose, an entire obliviation of the varicosed portion of the vein, with complete absorption of the mass."

Etymology

From obliviate (“to forget; to wipe from existence”) + -ion (noun-forming suffix).

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