| ablution | 1. The act of washing or cleansing; specifically, the washing of the body, or some part of it, as a religious rite. 2. The water used in cleansing. "Cast the ablutions in the main." 3. A small quantity of wine and water, which is used to wash the priest's thumb and index finger after the communion, and which then, as perhaps containing portions of the consecrated elements, is drunk by the priest. Origin: L. Ablutio, fr. Abluere: cf. F. Ablution. See Abluent. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| ablutomania | <psychiatry> Rarely used term for a morbid preoccupation with thoughts about cleanliness, exhibited by frequent washing, as seen in obsessive-compulsive disorder. Origin: L. Ablutio, washing, + G. Mania, insanity (05 Mar 2000) |
| ablation |
In medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radiofrequency, heat, or other methods.
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| ablation |
1. All processes that remove snow, ice, or water from a glacier, snowfield, etc.; in this sense, the opposite of accumulation. These processes include melting, evaporation, calving, wind erosion, and an avalanche. Air temperature is the dominant factor in controlling ablation, precipitation amounts exercising only secondary control. During the ablation season (usually summer), an ablation rate of about 2 mm h -1 is typical of glaciers in a temperate climate. 2. ...
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| abl |
Abbreviation for atmospheric boundary layer.
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| ablate |
Removal of material by melting and/or burning away.
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The combined process (such as, sublimation, melting or evaporation) which removes ice and/or snow from the surface of a glacier, snowfield, etc.
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| abl | a constituent in Latin grammar |
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| abl | the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb |
| abl | a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) |
| abl | lighted with red light as if with flames |
| abl | resembling flame in brilliance or color |
| abl | lighted up by or as by fire or flame |
| abl | keenly excited (especially sexually) or indicating excitement |
| abl | (usually followed by `to') having the necessary means or skill or know-how or authority to do something |
| abl | having inherent physical or mental ability or capacity |
| abl | have the skills and qualifications to do things well |
| abl | having a strong healthy body |
| abl | a seaman in the merchant navy |