• (cryoablation) Removal, separation, detachment, extirpation or eradication of a body part, pathway or function by freezing.
  CDISC Terminology
  Clinical Data Interchange Standards Consortium (CDISC), 2021
• A procedure in which tissue is frozen to destroy abnormal cells. Liquid nitrogen or liquid carbon dioxide is used to freeze the tissue.
  NCI Dictionary of Cancer Terms
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• Destruction of tissue by the application of extreme cold, used in some forms of intracranial and cutaneous surgery.
  CRISP Thesaurus
  National Institutes of Health, 2006
• The use of extreme cold to damage or destroy a body part, pathway, or function. The procedure is performed using small cryogenic probes during surgery, and has recently been applied to solitary sporadic renal tumor lesions.
  NCI Thesaurus
  U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
• The use of freezing as a special surgical technique to destroy or excise tissue.
  NLM Medical Subject Headings
  U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2021
• (cryotherapy) Use of extreme cold to freeze and destroy diseased tissue.
  Harvard Dictionary of Health Terms
  Harvard Medical Publishing, 2011
• Cryotherapy, also known as cryosurgery, is a commonly used in-office procedure for the treatment of a variety of benign and malignant lesions. In one report, cryotherapy was the second most common in-office procedure after skin excision.
  Medscape
  WebMD, 2019
• Cryosurgery, therapeutic technique in which localized freezing is used to remove or destroy diseased tissue. Rapid cooling of body tissues to a temperature of -60� C or lower causes ice crystals to form, disrupting cell structure and, ultimately, killing the cell. Freezing may also destroy tissues...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020
• Cryotherapy, the therapeutic use of cold to control inflammation and edema, decrease pain, reduce spasticity, and facilitate movement. Tissue cooling is achieved through the application of cold through the skin. Indications for cryotherapy include acute injury or inflammation, acute or chronic pain...
  Encyclopedia Britannica
  Encyclopedia Britannica, Inc., 2020