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ablated

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ab·late  (-blt)
v. ab·lat·ed, ab·lat·ing, ab·lates
v.tr.
1. Medicine To excise, amputate, or otherwise destroy the biological function of (a body tissue, for example).
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.ablatedablated - made smaller or less by melting or erosion or vaporization; "the rocket's ablated head shield"
decreased, reduced - made less in size or amount or degree


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In subsequent checks 6 and 12 months after RFA, tumors less than 10 cm in diameter were fully ablated.
The length of the procedure depends on the amount of tonsillar tissue that needs to be ablated.
The kidney has excess functional capacity, and in most cases a significant proportion of the kidney must be ablated before changes in kidney function are observed (Price 1992).
 
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