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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

Etymology: cryo- + surgery

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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.