ABLATION -
Noun: In medical terms this means the removal by surgery, radiation or otherwise of dead, diseased or unwanted tissue. Immunosuppressive therapy results in the ablation of one's immune system .

Latin - ablatus = to carry away (word made up by Julius Caesar) which came from ab = away + ferre = carry

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