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cryonecrosis

cryonecrosis noun: necrosis caused by extreme cold, whether as trauma (in frostbite) or as a method of cryoablation in research or in cryosurgery.

Noun

cryonecrosis (uncountable)

  1. Necrosis caused by extreme cold, whether as trauma (in frostbite) or as a method of cryoablation in research or in cryosurgery.

Origin of cryonecrosis

From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, cryo- + necrosis = cryo- + necro- + -osis.

Questions about cryonecrosis

What does cryonecrosis mean?
Cryonecrosis means necrosis caused by extreme cold, whether as trauma (in frostbite) or as a method of cryoablation in research or in cryosurgery.
What part of speech is cryonecrosis?
Cryonecrosis is a noun.

Words near cryonecrosis in the dictionary

  1. cryomould
  2. cryomoulds
  3. Cryon
  4. cryonaut
  5. cryonauts
  6. cryonecrosis
  7. cryonecrotic
  8. cryoneedle
  9. cryoneedles
  10. cryoneurolysis
  11. cryonic

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