Cryoinjury

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An injury caused by low temperature

    "This difference in ability for grafts to couple to the host in the rat at 4 weeks may be due to the injury model used, which was a cryoinjury model in the guinea pigs and an ischemia/reperfusion injury model in the rat [6 ], or the distribution of graft within the injured heart."

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"This difference in ability for grafts to couple to the host in the rat at 4 weeks may be due to the injury model used, which was a cryoinjury model in the guinea pigs and an ischemia/reperfusion injury model in the rat [6 ], or the distribution of graft within the injured heart."

Etymology

From cryo- + injury.

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