noun. Surgical excision or amputation of a body part or tissue.

noun. The erosive processes by which a glacier is reduced.

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noun. The dissipation of heat generated by atmospheric friction, especially in the atmospheric reentry of a spacecraft or missile, by means of a melting heat shield.

noun. The reduction or removal of heat-protective surface material by aerodynamic friction, as from a heat shield.

noun. A carrying or taking away; removal; suppression.

noun. In medicine, the taking from the body by mechanical means of anything hurtful, as a diseased limb, a tumor, a foreign body, pus, or excrement.

noun. In chem., the removal of whatever is finished or no longer necessary.

noun. In geology, the wearing away or waste of a glacier by melting or evaporation.

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noun. A carrying or taking away; removal.

noun. Extirpation.

noun. Wearing away; superficial waste.

noun. the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers

noun. surgical removal of a body part or tissue

"Radiofrequency ablation is a procedure in which heat is used to treat certain kinds of lesions."