ablactation | (noun) the act of substituting other food for the mother's milk in the diet of a child or young mammal | Synonyms: weaning |
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(noun) the cessation of lactation | - |
ablation | (noun) surgical removal of a body part or tissue | Synonyms: cutting out, excision, extirpation |
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(noun) the erosive process that reduces the size of glaciers | - |
ablative | (noun) the case indicating the agent in passive sentences or the instrument or manner or place of the action described by the verb | Synonyms: ablative case |
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ablaut | (noun) a vowel whose quality or length is changed to indicate linguistic distinctions (such as sing sang sung song) | - |
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ableism | (noun) discrimination in favor of the able-bodied | Synonyms: able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ablism |
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ablepharia | (noun) a congenital absence of eyelids (partial or complete) | - |
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ablism | (noun) discrimination in favor of the able-bodied | Synonyms: able-bodiedism, able-bodism, ableism |
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ablution | (noun) the ritual washing of a priest's hands or of sacred vessels | - |
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