ablation

A snowline marks the boundary between a glacier's accumulation zone, where snow builds up and adds mass, and its ablation zone, where melting removes snow and ice.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 12, 2026

The company didn’t detail the investments but said they further reinforce the momentum of its cardiac ablation business.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Laser therapy, or laser ablation, is a procedure done under local anaesthetic where a laser burns away the abnormal cells.

From BBC ● Jan. 18, 2026

The anticoagulant drugs and cardiac ablation procedures for treating atrial fibrillation aren’t without complication, so large studies are trying to determine if the additional arrhythmias found by devices like Zio are truly stroke threats.

From Barron's ● Nov. 5, 2025

Like its Soviet predecessors, the Viking landing maneuver involved an ablation shield, a parachute and retro-rockets.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan

After his two previous episodes of atrial flutter, Harbaugh underwent ablations, which are minimally invasive procedures that treat irregular heartbeats by destroying heart tissue that causes abnormal electrical signals.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 13, 2024

“They all agree that more ablations isn’t going to fix this, more medication isn’t going to fix that,” Pollard said.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 7, 2024

He had struggled for a decade with ventricular tachycardia and had received four catheter ablations — but still had rapid heartbeats.

From New York Times ● Dec. 13, 2017

He needed a pacemaker, and he’s undergone three ablations for atrial fibrillation.

From Washington Times ● May 7, 2016

As we came down to the lake in the morning to perform our ablations, we saw a fine deer on the opposite shore, feeding upon the pond lilies that grew along in the shallow water.

From Wild Northern Scenes Sporting Adventures with the Rifle and the Rod by Hammond, S. H. (Samuel H.)