ablasjon

From Latin ablātiō (“taking away, removal”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) (with the suffix -tiō (“-tion”, nominal suffix), from Proto-Italic *-tjō, from Proto-Indo-European *-tis), from both ab- (“from, away, off”), from Latin ab (“from, away from, on, in”), from Proto-Italic *ab, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂epó (“off, away”), and from ferō (“I bear, carry, bring”), from Proto-Italic *ferō (“to carry, bear”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰéreti (“to be carrying”), from *bʰer- (“to bear, carry”). Doublet of ablativ.

• IPA^(key): /ablaˈʃuːn/

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• Rhymes: -uːn
• Hyphenation: ab‧la‧sjon

ablasjon m (definite singular ablasjonen, indefinite plural ablasjoner, definite plural ablasjonene)

1. (geology, sciences) an ablation (the removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation or the progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes)
   • 1964, Drammens Tidende:

     ablasjon (avsmeltning) på hele breområdet

     ablation (melting) on the entire glacial area

2. (medicine, surgery) an ablation (he surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor)
   • 2014 March 21, Norsk Helseinformatikk‎^[nhi.no]:

     dersom denne behandlingen [medikamentell profylakse] ikke fører fram, er ablasjon (brenning av nervefibre ved innmunningen av lungevenene) i venstre forkammer aktuelt

     if this treatment [drug prophylaxis] does not work, ablation (burning of nerve fibers at the mouth of the pulmonary veins) in the left atrium is relevant

   Synonym: amputasjon

• “ablasjon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “ablasjon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
• “ablasjon” in Store norske leksikon