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[edit] Medicine

In medicine, ablation is the same as removal of a part of biological tissue, usually by surgery. The American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary defines ablation as "Removal of a body part or the destruction of its function, as by a surgery, disease, or noxious substance." [1]

Where full removal of an organ or structure has taken place the term extirpation is used

[edit] Ablation experiment

An ablation experiment or lesion experiment is the removal of tissue to explore its function and was a basic research methodology in physiological psychology in the earlier part of the 20th century. The approach was refined in 1824 by Marie jean Pierre Flourens, a French physiologist.

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