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).
Word History: Ditto originally comes from the Latin word dictus, having been said, the past participle of the verb dÄ«cere, to say.. In Italian dÄ«cere became dire and dictus became detto, or in the Tuscan dialect ditto. Italian detto or ditto meant what said does in legal English, as in said property.. Thus the word could be used in certain constructions to mean the same as what has been said; for example, having given the date December 22, one could use 26 detto or ditto for 26 December.