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ablation

(n): surgical removal of a body part or tissue
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6 months ago chained_bear said:

"'...we began to see sperm whales, and off Mocha Island we killed eight.'

"'Pray how did you do that, sir?' asked Stephen.

"'Why, it is much the same as with the right whale,' said Allen.

"'That is as though you should ask me how we take off a leg and I replied that it was not unlike the ablation of an arm. I for one should like a more detailed account,' said Stephen."
--Patrick O'Brian, The Far Side of the World, 100

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