HyperDic: cryosurgery

English > 1 sense of the word *cryosurgery*:
NOUN	act	cryosurgery	the use of extreme / extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers)

English > *cryosurgery*: 1 sense > noun 1, act
Meaning	The use of extreme / extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers).
Broader	operation, surgery, surgical operation, surgical procedure, surgical process	A medical procedure involving an incision with instruments
Spanish	criocirugía