noun Date: 15th century the process of ablating: as, surgical removal, loss of a part (as ice from a glacier or the outside of a nose cone) by melting or vaporization
ABLATION
Meaning of ABLATION in English
Merriam Webster. Explanatory English dictionary Merriam Webster. Толковый словарь английского языка Мерриам-Уэбстер. 2012