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ablate
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ab·late (-blt)
v.
To remove or destroy the function of.
ablate
to remove, especially by cutting.
ablate
verb To remove; excise
Patient discussion about ablates.

Q. SVT and AF, Hearts that go fast to slow or any others probs with the beats of any kind and Ablation of hearts I have had Ablation done once and I am still having passing out spells and still on 50mg toprol 2 times a day till two days ago, now I am on 150 to 200 aday again. Its not the first time I have had to up meds. I had ablation down 4/22/05. I can breath better now but but it didnt take it away as you can tell. Now Dr Leonardie would like to do it again . This is the big ????! Will it or can it work 100% this time, or will it hit and miss some again???? MTT

A. Well I can understand the frustration of having to go through this procedure yet another time. There are no guarantees in medicine. You should follow your doctor's advice, as another proceudre might be more helpful than the last one. However you should keep in mind that nothing is for sure.

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Of the Mexican WNV isolates, only the 2003 Tabasco raven isolate had the E-156 Pro residue, which ablates the N-linked glycosylation site found in most North American strains.
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We replicated our earlier finding that developmental CPF exposure ablates the normal sex differences in 16-arm radial maze learning and memory: during acquisition training, control male rats typically perform more accurately than do control females, but CPF treatment eliminated this normal sex difference.
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While recognizing the varied and complex activities engaged in by the ablates, Huel, in this particular study, focuses on their missionary work among the Indians and the Metis More specifically, he concentrates on their efforts only in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, from 1845 to 1945, with the expressed hope that historians will provide more studies related to the Oblate experience in British Columbia and among the Inuit people of the North.
Proclaiming the Gospel to the Indians and the Metis by NICOLSON, MURRAY / Catholic Insight
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