cryonecrosis
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, cryo- + necrosis = cryo- + necro- + -osis.
Noun
[edit]cryonecrosis (uncountable)
- (biology, medicine, surgery) Necrosis caused by extreme cold, whether as trauma (in frostbite) or as a method of cryoablation in research or in cryosurgery.