Middle English Dictionary Entry
ablāciǒun n.
Entry Info
Forms | ablāciǒun n. |
Etymology | L ablātiōn-em |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Med. and surg. (a) Removal, amputation; ~ of blod, bloodletting; also, removal (of the cause of a disease); (b) loss of function (in a part of the body).
Associated quotations
a
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)82a/a : It requireþ ablacioun i. takyng away [*Ch.(2): fordoynge] of þe cause & þe disposicioun augmentyng & gendring þat vlcere.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)95b/a : If þai [emoroidez] be not mitigate, it bihoueþ for to go to ablacioun i. takyng away [*Ch.(2): doyng away] of hem.
- ?c1425 *Chauliac(2) (Paris angl.25)25b/a : When þe humours..beeþ euenly eched to gedre and þay maken..swellynge of humours, by ablacioun of blood [*Ch.(1): by takyng away of blode; L ablationem sanguis] it is cured.
b
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)58a/a : Causez forsoþ of sich peralisy & sich ablacioun i. taking away [L ablationis; *Ch.(2): lesynge] of mouyng & felyng beþ double.
- ?a1425 *Chauliac(1) (NY 12)137a/b : Which solucionz ar of vneuenez after more & lesse of variance, at lest of debilite & ablacioun, not forsoþ of permutacioun.
2.
Math. Subtraction.
Associated quotations
- c1450 Art Number.(Ashm 396)36/21 : Other subtraccioun is ablacioun of o nombre fro a-nother, that me may see a some left.
3.
Alch.?Removal of impurities (from oil).
Associated quotations
- c1440 Chaucer CT.CY.(Cmb Ii.3.26)G.856 : Ablacions [crit.ed.: Yet forgat I to maken rehersaille Of..Oilles ablucioun and metal fusible].