In dictionaries:
Catheter ablation
Procedure to correct heart arrhythmias.
Radiofrequency ablation
Destroying tissue using radiofrequency energy.
Endometrial ablation
a surgical procedure that is used to remove (ablate) or destroy the endometrial lining of the uterus.
Ablation zone
Ablation zone or ablation area refers to the low-altitude area of a glacier or ice sheet below firn with a net loss in ice mass due to melting, sublimation, evaporation, ice calving, aeolian processes like blowing snow, avalanche, and any other ablation.
thermal ablation
Destroying tissue using controlled heat.
androgen ablation
Hormonal therapy to reduce testosterone.
ablation therapy
Treatment to destroy abnormal tissue.
ovarian ablation
ablation area
genetic ablation
Genetic ablation occurs when a gene is deemed “null” through the homologous genetic recombination of a gene.
cell ablation
Cell ablation (from Latin Cellula "small chamber" and Ablatio "removal").
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