cryosurgery
cryosurgery
Definition
cryo·sur·gery (krī′ō sʉr′jər ē)
noun
surgery involving the selective destruction of tissues by freezing them, as with liquid nitrogen
also cryogenic surgery
cryosurgery
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- call: Cryotherapy Cryotherapy ( also called cryosurgery ) is a way of killing cancer cells by freezing them.
Modifies a noun
- treatment: The Urology Department was the first in the UK to introduce 3rd line cryosurgery treatment for prostate cancer.
Noun used with modifier
- salvage: However, in the long term the survival rate of salvage cryosurgery has yet to be measured.
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