ab·la·tion
noun/əˈbleɪʃn/
/əˈbleɪʃn/
[uncountable]- (medical) the use of surgery to remove body tissue
消融：使用手术去除身体组织 - to undergo an ablation procedure
接受消融手术
- to undergo an ablation procedure
- (geology) the loss of material from a large mass of ice, snow or rock as a result of the action of the sun, wind or rain
（冰、雪的）消融；冰消作用；（岩石的）磨蚀
Word Originlate Middle English (in the general sense ‘taking away, removal’): from late Latin ablatio(n-), from Latin ablat- ‘taken away’, from ab- ‘away’ + lat- ‘carried’ (from the verb ferre).