Therapeutic or Preventive Procedure
ablation
ab·la·tion [ a-blay-shun ]
Definitions related to ablation:
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A form of treatment that uses electrical energy, heat, cold, alcohol, or other modalities to destroy a small section of damaged tissue.Harvard Dictionary of Health TermsHarvard Medical Publishing, 2011
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In medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radiofrequency, heat, or other methods.NCI Dictionary of Cancer TermsU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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(ablation therapy) Removal, separation, detachment, extirpation, or eradication of a body part, pathway, or function by surgery, chemical destruction, morbid process, or noxious substance.NCI ThesaurusU.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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Ablation therapy is a type of minimally invasive procedure doctors use to destroy abnormal tissue that can be present in many conditions. For example, a doctor might use an ablation procedure to destroy (ablate) a small amount of heart tissue that's causing abnormal heart rhythms or to treat tumors in the lung, breast, thyroid, liver or...Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research
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