Definition: In medicine, the term ablation means to remove tissue from the body. This process can be used to remove a tiny piece of tissue, or a large quantity of tissue. There are many types of ablations and multiple techniques that are used to perform the removal of tissue, depending on the nature of the issue. An appendectomy, the procedure to remove an infected appendix, is considered a type of ablation.
ditto noun [C usually singular]. âº a âsymbol  that âmeans the same and is used in a âlist to âavoid writing again the word written âimmediately above it. (Definition of ditto from the Cambridge Advanced Learnerâs Dictionary & Thesaurus Â© Cambridge University Press).
1 Ditto is one of the few PokÃ©mon whose name is an actual word, along with Gloom, Electrode, Golem, Slowpoke and Persian, among others. 2  Ditto's dictionary definition is to duplicate.  In PokÃ©mon Red, Ditto is found in the PokÃ©mon Mansion, which is the lab where Mewtwo experimentation was being done.