reablate

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verb

To ablate again (as, for example, with repeated ablation of cardiac fibers for recurrent arrhythmias).

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Meanings

verbreablate (third-person singular simple present reablates, present participle reablating, simple past and past participle reablated)

present singular third person reablates · participle present reablating · participle past reablated · past reablated · alternative re-ablate

  1. medicineTo ablate again (as, for example, with repeated ablation of cardiac fibers for recurrent arrhythmias).

Origin

By surface analysis, re- + ablate; perhaps by back-formation from reablation, although as with many such inflected pairs among classical compounds in biomedical vocabulary, the question of which inflected form came first is mainly of trivial interest rather than practical interest.

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APA

reablate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reablate

MLA

“reablate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reablate. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “reablate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/reablate.

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