n.
Pronunciation: ˌ kr ī - ō - ' s ə rj-r ē , - ' s ə r-j ə -
Function: noun
Date: 1962
: surgery in which usually diseased or abnormal tissue (as of a tumor or wart) is destroyed or removed by freezing (as by liquid nitrogen)
– cryo · sur · geon \ - ' s ə r-j ə n \ noun
– cryo · sur · gi · cal \ -ji-k ə l \ adjective