cryotherapy
cryotherapy
Definition
cryo·thera·py (krī′ō t̸her′ə pē, krī′ə-)
noun
Med. treatment by the use of cold, as by the application of ice packs or by lowering the body temperature
cryotherapy
Usage Examples
Converse of subject
- treat: Expert opinion advises that a few lesions can usually be treated by cryotherapy, especially in older children, without anesthesia.
Converse of object
- include: Commonly employed treatment options include cryotherapy ( freezing of the tumor ) and excision.
- provide: It will be possible in the future to arrange additional training for those GPs who wish to provide cryotherapy within their own practice.
- have: Miscellaneous I have had cryotherapy for a mark on my face.
- receive: Those who agreed were randomized to receive cryotherapy at 1, 2 or 3 weeks.
Preposition: for
- cancer: And in November 2005, they issued guidance for cryotherapy for early prostate cancer, confined to the prostate gland.
- retinopathy: Multicenter trial of cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity: preliminary results.
- treatment: The bulk of both categories is cryotherapy for the treatment of cutaneous warts.
Adjective modifier
- maximum: The cuff is anatomically designed to completely fit the elbow providing maximum cryotherapy.
- gentle: NNT 3.7 ( 2.7 to 5.6 ) Cryotherapy 16 Four trials compared aggressive versus gentle cryotherapy.
Modifies a noun
- treatment: Funding of cryotherapy treatment of warts should be reduced.
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