Definition: The surgical removal of tissue.
Surgical ablation is typically performed with a scalpel, such as the removal of thyroid tissuea. In other procedures a laser may be used to vaporize tissue without surgery or radio frequencies may be used to heat the tissue to the point of tissue death.
Pronunciation: a-BLAY-shun
Common Misspellings: abblation,
Examples: She decided to try laser ablation for her endometriosis instead of having a hysterectomy.
