Synonyms for Ablation

Synonyms for "ablation" (108 found)

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Closest matches (22)

Noun(4 words)

abrasion abrasive absorption abstraction assimilation atomization attrition breakup buffingburning upburnishing chafe chafing consumption corrosion crumbling decay decomposition

Strong matches (32)

Related words (54)

grinding impoverishment incoherence ingestion leakage limation loss polishing purification raspingravages of timerefinement removal resolutionrubbing awaysandblasting sanding scouring scrape scraping

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scratch scratching scrub scrubbing scuff shining shrinkage smoothing spending squandering subduction sublation subtractiontaking awayuse usingusing upwastage waste wastefulnesswasting awaywearwear and tearwearingwearing awaywearing downweathering

Noun(7 words)

ice lossmelting resection sublimationtissue removalvaporization vaporizing

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More general

17 entries

eating awayeroding erosiongeophysical processglaciological processmaterial processmedical procedureoperationphysical processsurface processsurgerysurgical operationsurgical proceduresurgical processtreatment wearing

Showing 16 of 17 words.

More specific

9 entries

calvingchemical ablationcryoablationlaser ablationmeltingplasma ablationradiofrequency ablationsublimationtumor ablation

Collocations

6 entries

ablation rateablation studyablation thresholdglacier ablationlaser ablationthermal ablation

Inflections

1 entries

ablations

Derivations

1 entries

ablate

Translations

39 translations across 16 languages.

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Bulgarian

1 entries

ампутация noun (surgical removal)

Catalan

2 entries

ablació noun (surgical removal)
ablació noun (progressive removal of material)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

切除 noun (surgical removal)
摘除 noun (surgical removal)
消融 noun (progressive removal of material)
銷蝕 /销蚀 noun (progressive removal of material)

Dutch

4 entries

ablatie noun (surgical removal)
ablatie noun (progressive removal of material)
afsmelting noun (progressive removal of material)
erosie noun (progressive removal of material)

Finnish

2 entries

ablaatio noun (progressive removal of material)
amputaatio noun (surgical removal)

French

1 entries

ablation noun (surgical removal)

German

1 entries

Ablation noun (surgical removal)

Hungarian

2 entries

abláció noun (surgical removal)
abláció noun (progressive removal of material)

Italian

2 entries

ablazione noun (surgical removal)
ablazione noun (progressive removal of material)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries

ablasjon noun (surgical removal)
ablasjon noun (progressive removal of material)
amputasjon noun (surgical removal)

Polish

2 entries

ablacja noun (surgical removal)
ablacja noun (progressive removal of material)

Portuguese

2 entries

ablação noun (surgical removal)
ablação noun (progressive removal of material)

Romanian

2 entries

ablațiune noun (surgical removal)
ablațiune noun (progressive removal of material)

Russian

2 entries

абля́ция noun (progressive removal of material)
ампута́ция noun (surgical removal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

ablácija noun (surgical removal)
ablácija noun (progressive removal of material)
odronjavanje noun (progressive removal of material)
otapanje noun (progressive removal of material)

Spanish

1 entries

ablación noun (surgical removal)

Sample sentences

1 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The procedure is called catheter ablation because it burns off a small amount of heart muscle.

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Ablation