切除 — meaning in English
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English meaning
- ablation noun A medical procedure that destroys a small amount of tissue deliberately, usually with heat, cold or a laser, to treat a condition such as an irregular heartbeat or a tumour.
Senses
切除 is used for these senses in English:
- ablation (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal. [First attested around 1350 to 1470.]
ablation — full definition
- noun A medical procedure that destroys a small amount of tissue deliberately, usually with heat, cold or a laser, to treat a condition such as an irregular heartbeat or a tumour.
- noun The wearing away or loss of material from a surface, as with a glacier losing ice or a spacecraft's heat shield burning away on re-entry.