ablated
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ab·late
(ă-blāt′)v. ab·lat·ed, ab·lat·ing, ab·lates
v.tr.
1. Medicine To remove or destroy the function of (a body organ or tissue).
2. To remove by erosion, melting, evaporation, or vaporization.
v.intr.
To become ablated; undergo ablation.
[Back-formation from ablation.]
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Adj. | 1. | ablated - made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization; "the rocket's ablated head shield" |
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