CRYOSURGERY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cryosurgery mean? 

• CRYOSURGERY (noun)
  The noun CRYOSURGERY has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: CRYOSURGERY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CRYOSURGERY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("cryosurgery" is a kind of...):

operation; surgery; surgical operation; surgical procedure; surgical process (a medical procedure involving an incision with instruments; performed to repair damage or arrest disease in a living body)

 Context examples 

Cryosurgery may be used to treat certain types of cancer and some conditions that may become cancer.

(Cryosurgery, NCI Dictionary)

As opposed to laser surgery, cryosurgery, etc

(Conventional Surgery, NCI Thesaurus)

Also called cryoablation and cryosurgery.

(Cryotherapy, NCI Dictionary)

Also called cryosurgery and cryotherapy.

(Cryoablation, NCI Dictionary)