The procedure is called catheter ablation because it burns off a small amount of heart muscle.
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Ablation
//əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩//
Synonyms for "ablation" (98 found)
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49 translations across 18 languages.
Bulgarian
2 entries- ампутация noun (surgical removal)
- отстраняване noun (taking away, removal)
Catalan
3 entries- ablació noun (taking away, removal)
- 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
2 entries- ablation noun (taking away, removal)
- ablation noun (surgical removal)
German
1 entries- Ablation noun (surgical removal)
Hindi
1 entries- उच्छेदन noun (taking away, 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)
Kyrgyz
1 entries- ампутация noun (taking away, removal)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- ablasjon noun (surgical removal)
- ablasjon noun (progressive removal of material)
- amputasjon noun (surgical removal)
- fjerning noun (taking away, removal)
Polish
2 entries- ablacja noun (surgical removal)
- ablacja noun (progressive removal of material)
Portuguese
3 entries- ablação noun (taking away, removal)
- 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 (taking away, removal)
- ablácija noun (surgical removal)
- ablácija noun (progressive removal of material)
- odronjavanje noun (progressive removal of material)
Spanish
2 entries- ablación noun (taking away, removal)
- ablación noun (surgical removal)
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