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Reduction of a glacier by melting, evaporation, iceberg calving, deflation.
Ãâó: imnh.isu.edu/digitalatlas/glossary/letter.asp
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Removal. In vision, ablation refers to the surgical removal of eye tissue to correct a refractive error such as myopia. For example, in laser procedures such as LASIK and PRK, the excimer laser ablates, or removes, tissue from the cornea.
Ãâó: www.allaboutvision.com/resources/glossary.htm
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Depletion of snow and ice by melting and evaporation.
Ãâó: www.srh.weather.gov/srh/jetstream/append/glossary_...
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elimination or removal. Ablation also refers to a procedure that eliminates extra electrical pathways within the heart that cause fast or irregular heart rhythms.
Ãâó: www.uchicagokidshospital.org/online-library/conten...
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reduction of; eg, in the management of prostate cancer, hormonal ablation means the use of hormonal techniques to reduce the spread of prostate cancer cells and cryo-ablation means the use of deep freezing techniques to reduce the number of live prostate and prostate cancer cells
Ãâó: ppml.acor.org/GLOSSARY.html
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