erosie — meaning in English

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.
• erosion noun The gradual wearing away of land or rock by water, wind, or ice.

Senses

erosie is used for these senses in English:

• ablation (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as melting or vaporization under heat or chipping. [Mid 20th century.]

ablation — full definition

1. 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.
2. 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.

erosion — full definition

1. noun The gradual wearing away of land or rock by water, wind, or ice.
2. noun The gradual weakening or loss of something over time.

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