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ablation

noun

Surgical removal of a body part or tissue

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Word Facts

Word length
8
Starts with
A
Ends with
N
Contains
BL
Scrabble score
10

How it sounds

Pronunciation

əˈbleɪ.ʃn̩

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noun

  1. Surgical removal of a body part or tissue

noun

  1. The erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

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Synonyms

extirpationexcision

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