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Lesion vs Ablation - What's the difference?

lesion | ablation |

As nouns the difference between lesion and ablation

is that lesion is lesion while ablation is (obsolete) a carrying or taking away; removal .

lesion

English

(wikipedia lesion)

Alternative forms

* (archaic)

Noun

(en noun)
  • A wound or injury.
  • (medicine) An infected or otherwise injured or diseased organ or part, especially such patch of skin.
  • Verb

    (en verb)
  • To wound or injure, especially in an experiment or other controlled procedure.
  • Anagrams

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    ablation

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.
  • (medicine) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ function; amputation.
  • (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under heat or chipping.
  • (geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of several means, as in wind erosion, mass wasting.
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