"ˌ noun
Etymology: cry- + surgery
: surgery in which usually diseased or abnormal tissue (as of a tumor or wart) is destroyed or removed by freezing (as by the use of liquid nitrogen)
• cryo·surgeon "ˌ noun
• cryo·surgical "ˌ adjective
"ˌ noun
Etymology: cry- + surgery
: surgery in which usually diseased or abnormal tissue (as of a tumor or wart) is destroyed or removed by freezing (as by the use of liquid nitrogen)
• cryo·surgeon "ˌ noun
• cryo·surgical "ˌ adjective
Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012