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Cryosurgery

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Noun

1. cryosurgery

the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers)

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Cryosurgery

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noun
surgery involving the local destruction of tissues by quick freezing for therapeutic benefit

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Cryosurgery

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noun
surgery involving the selective destruction of tissues by freezing them, as with liquid nitrogen
: also cryogenic surgery

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Cryosurgery

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n.
The selective exposure of tissues to extreme cold, often by applying a probe containing liquid nitrogen, to bring about the destruction or elimination of abnormal cells.

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