ablation

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The product line includes an image-guided crossing catheter that combines visualization, steerability and RF tissue ablation which is designed to enable clinicians to safely cross CTO in the coronary and peripheral arteries.

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  1. noun Surgical excision or amputation of a body part or tissue.
  2. noun The erosive processes by which a glacier is reduced.
  3. noun Aerospace The dissipation of heat generated by atmospheric friction, especially in the atmospheric reentry of a spacecraft or missile, by means of a melting heat shield.

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  • With microwave ablation, there is no current flow through the patient, eliminating the need for grounding pads. —  Medgadget
  • The product line includes an image-guided crossing catheter that combines visualization, steerability and RF tissue ablation which is designed to enable clinicians to safely cross CTO in the coronary and peripheral arteries. —  Biotech Sector and Stocks Analysis from Seeking Alpha
  • Analysing blood samples from 36 patients taken before and at several time points after septal ablation, they were able to identify several metabolites that significantly changed right after the ablation process, a time period during which currently available markers remained unchanged. —  dailyindia.com News Feed
  • The idea of ablation, however, makes more sense, since experiments with laser fusion do not use a Primary, but compress a small bead of thermonuclear fuel with laser energy hitting its tamper from all sides, compressing the fuel. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Slide 2: Objectives: • Glacial budget - accumulation and ablation, advance and retreat • Seasonal shifts in temperature and glaciers —  Recently Uploaded Slideshows
 

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  1. Late Latin ablātiō, ablātiōn-, from Latin ablātus, past participle of auferre, to carry away : ab-, away; see ab-1 + lātus, carried; see telə- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. from Latin ablatio(n-), a taking away, from ablatus, taken away: see ablate and ablative, adjective
 

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