surgical procedure vs ablate

surgical procedure is a noun but ablate is not a noun.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
surgical procedure	Yes	No	No	No
ablate	No	No	Yes	No

surgical procedure (noun)	ablate (noun)
a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body

surgical procedure (verb)	ablate (verb)
	wear away through erosion or vaporization
	remove an organ or bodily structure