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8 letters · 10 points in Scrabble
Meaning
noun surgical removal of a body part or tissue
noun the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers
originEtymology tree Late Latin ablātiōder. Middle English albacioun English ablation From Late Middle English ablacioun (“removal”), from Late Latin ablātiō (“a taking away”), from auferō (“to take away, carry off, withdraw, remove”) + -tiō (“-tion”, nominal suffix). Doublet of ablatio. Compare French ablation. By surface analysis, ablat(e) + -ion.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 3.0
Words from these letters
- albino 8
- bonita 8
- libant 8
- obtain 8
- alation 7
- aboil 7
- balti 7
- banal 7
- baton 7
- binal 7
- biont 7
- biota 7