Portuguese edit

Etymology edit

Learned borrowing from Latin ablātiōnem (a taking away).

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: a‧bla‧ção

Noun edit

ablação f (plural ablações)

  1. ablation; removal (act of removing)
    Synonyms: retirada, remoção
  2. (medicine) ablation (removal of a body part)
  3. (sciences) ablation (progressive removal of material)
  4. (grammar) the removal of an initial phoneme of a term