ablation (the removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion or mass wasting) · ablation (the depletion of surface snow and ice from a spacecraft or meteorite through melting and evaporation caused by aerodynamic heating) · ablation (the surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation)
ablation (the surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor) · ablation (the progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes) · ablation (the removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation)