- The stenotele size gradient was abolished when the head was repeatedly removed from regenerating Hydra but not when the basal disc was repeatedly ablated.
Ablated
verb; derivation
Removal by surgical means.
Etymology : Lat. ablât(us) ‘carried away’ + -ed ‘suffix forming past tense’
Source : Canadian Journal of Zoology, an article citing jellyfish
Last modified: 10 June 2008