Cryosurgery

Introduction: Cryosurgery

Description of Cryosurgery

Cryosurgery: A procedure performed with an instrument that freezes and destroys abnormal tissues.
Source: National Institute of Health

Cryosurgery: the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers).
Source: WordNet 2.1

Cryosurgery: destruction of tissue by the application of extreme cold, used in some forms of intracranial and cutaneous surgery.
Source: CRISP

Cryosurgery: The use of freezing as a special surgical technique to destroy or excise tissue.
Source: MeSH 2007

Cryosurgery: Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Cryosurgery:

• Operation
• Freezing
• Temperature (2274 causes)
• Temperature symptoms (2497 causes)
• Liquid
• Nitrogen
• Carbon
• Dioxide

Cryosurgery: Treatments

Cryosurgery (treatment): See Cryosurgery (treatment information).

More information on treatment: Cryosurgery:

• Cryosurgery

Terms associated with Cryosurgery:

Terms Similar to Cryosurgery:

• Cryoablation

Source - MeSH 2007

Broader terms for Cryosurgery

• cryotherapy
• surgery

Source - CRISP

• operation
• surgery
• surgical operation
• surgical procedure
• surgical process

Source - WordNet 2.1

Hierarchical classifications of Cryosurgery

The following list attempts to classify Cryosurgery into categories where each line is subset of the next.

WordNet 2.1

• operation,surgery,surgical operation,surgical procedure,surgical process
• medical procedure
• procedure,process
• activity
• act,human action,human activity

Source: WordNet 2.1

MeSH 2007 Hierarchy:

• Surgical Procedures, Operative
  • Cryosurgery

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