Bible Encyclopedias
Ablation
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
(from Lat. ablatus, carried away), the process of removing anything; a term used technically in geology of the wearing away of a rock or glacier, and in surgery for operative removal.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Ablation'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​bri/​a/ablation.html. 1910.