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Ablation, has anyone heard of this type of treatment?

Prostate Cancer | Last Active: Sep 17 6:50pm | Replies (19)
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Etymology has little to do with modern meanings, but in case it's helpful:

Latin "ab" = "away (from)"

Latin "latio" = "(the act of) carrying"

So "ablation" comes from "carrying away", just like "translation" comes from "carrying across," e.g. from one language to another.

(It's nice to be able to post about something I've been properly trained in for a change, so I can skip the "layperson" warning. 🙂)

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heavyphil | @heavyphil | Sep 2 7:58am

Ah, you bring me back to Catholic high school where 4 years of Latin was mandatory. I LOVED it! Most didn’t but it is probably the most useful subject I ever studied - use it to this day when I come across a word I never heard before. And it really comes in handy when doing crossword puzzles.
It has very strict and complex rules of syntax - every word in a sentence has to agree in case, number and gender and the verb tenses are unreal!
Most kids today cannot even speak the language of their native country properly, let alone a ‘dead’ ancient one

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