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Word entry · 6 letters

ablate

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"Remove surgically"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /əˈbleɪt/Part of speech verbSorted aabeltStarts with AEnds with E1 clues
1A2B3L4A5T6E

Definitions

  1. remove an organ or bodily structure

Word origin

From Middle English ablat (“taken away”), from Latin ablātus, past participle of auferō (“to remove”), see -ate (verb-forming suffix). First attested in the 1500s, it became obsolete by the early 1600s. Returned into use as a back-formation from ablation.

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