Cryocautery

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    cautery by the application of extreme cold uncountable
  2. 2
    application of a substance that destroys tissue by freezing it wordnet
  3. 3
    an instrument for destroying tissue by freezing it wordnet

Etymology

From cryo- + cautery.

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