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2024
cryosurgery
cryosurgery
English
Noun
cryosurgery
(
countable and uncountable
,
plural
cryosurgeries
)
(
medicine
)
The use of a
probe
containing
liquid nitrogen
to
freeze
and thus
destroy
tissue
.
Related terms
cryosurgeon
cryosurgical
Etymology
cryo-
+
surgery
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