ablate
verb [ T ] uk/əˈbleɪt/ us/əˈbleɪt/
medical specialized（通过手术）切除;摘除
to remove body tissue surgically (= by a medical operation)
The aim of the operation is to ablate the diseased bowel while preserving normal function. 该手术的目的是在维持正常功能的同时切除患病肠道。
geology, physics specialized消融;侵蚀，（经风化而）销蚀
to remove surface material from a rock, a glacier (= mass of ice), etc. by the action of wind, melting, or friction
The two comets are entirely ablated before they hit the earth's surface. 这两颗彗星在撞向地球之前就已经消融殆尽。
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- Three-dimensional CT models give a map that helps physicians track where they need to ablate tissue.
- The cardiologist uses the tip of a special heated wire to "ablate", or destroy, a small area of tissue that is causing the abnormal heart rhythm.
- Radiosurgery devices can ablate otherwise untreatable tumors.
- Most meteoritic material, by the time it reaches the Earth's surface, has been reduced to dust or to spherules of ablated material in its passage through the atmosphere.