cryonecrosis

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English

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Etymology

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From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, cryo- +‎ necrosis = cryo- +‎ necro- +‎ -osis.

Noun

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cryonecrosis (uncountable)

  1. (biology, medicine, surgery) Necrosis caused by extreme cold, whether as trauma (in frostbite) or as a method of cryoablation in research or in cryosurgery.