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Ablation

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-000106

In medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radiofrequency, heat, or other methods.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-000106
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-000106",
  "term": "Ablation",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "In medicine, the removal or destruction of a body part or tissue or its function. Ablation may be performed by surgery, hormones, drugs, radiofrequency, heat, or other methods.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/ablation/"
}

Record 182 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.