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Medical ablation is performed by specialists, and complications should be discussed with clinicians.","purpose":"Let an agent explain ablation across fields, relay medical techniques in general terms, manufacturing, aerospace and glaciology uses from medical, engineering and earth science sources, describe the named techniques, and distinguish ablation from resection or surgical removal, erosion, melting alone and ablaut in linguistics.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Material removal","Energy-based methods","Many disciplines","Controlled destruction"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"understand","name":"Understand","description":"What ablation is.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is ablation, and how does it differ from resection, erosion, melting and ablaut?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is 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