Synonyms of the word

ablation

• n. (obsolete) A carrying or taking away; removal.
• n. (medicine) The surgical removal of a body part, an organ, or especially a tumor; the removal of an organ…
• n. (sciences) The progressive removal of material by any of a variety of processes such as vaporization under…
• n. (geology) The removal of a glacier by melting and evaporation; the lowering of a land surface by any of…

eroding

• v. present participle of erode.

erosion

• n. (uncountable) The result of having been worn away or eroded, as by a glacier on rock or the sea on a cliff…
• n. (uncountable) The changing of a surface by mechanical action, friction, thermal expansion contraction,…
• n. (uncountable, figuratively) The gradual loss of something as a result of an ongoing process.
• n. (uncountable) Destruction by abrasive action of fluids.
• n. (mathematics, image processing) One of two fundamental operations in morphological image processing from…
• n. (dentistry) Loss of tooth enamel due to non-bacteriogenic chemical processes.
• n. (medicine) A shallow ulceration or lesion, usually involving skin or epithelial tissue.

excision

• n. The deletion of some text during editing.
• n. (surgery) The removal of a tumor, etc., by cutting.
• n. (genetics) The removal of a gene from a section of genetic material.
• n. (topology) The fact that, under certain hypotheses, the homology of a space relative to a subspace is…

extirpation

• n. The act of extirpating or uprooting.

operation

• n. The method by which a device performs its function.
• n. The method or practice by which actions are done.
• n. The act or process of operating; agency; the exertion of power, physical, mechanical, or moral.
• n. A planned undertaking.
• n. A business or organization.
• n. (medicine) A surgical procedure.
• n. (computing, logic, mathematics) a procedure for generating a value from one or more other values (the…
• n. (military) A military campaign (e.g. Operation Desert Storm).
• n. (obsolete) Effect produced; influence.

surgery

• n. (medicine) A procedure involving major incisions to remove, repair, or replace a part of a body.
• n. (medicine) The medical specialty related to the performance of surgical procedures.
• n. A room or department where surgery is performed.
• n. (Britain) A doctor's office.
• n. (Britain) Any arrangement where people arrive and wait for an interview with certain people, particularly…
• n. (finance, bankruptcy, slang) A pre-packaged bankruptcy or "quick bankruptcy".
• n. (topology) The production of a manifold by removing parts of one manifold and replacing them with corresponding…

wearing

• adj. intended to be worn.
• adj. causing tiredness.
• adj. causing erosion.
• n. The mechanical process of eroding or grinding.
• n. The act by which something is worn.
• n. That which is worn; clothes; garments.
• v. present participle of wear.