noun
- Plural of cryosurgery; medical procedures that use extreme cold to destroy or remove abnormal tissue.
Usage: medical/technical term; always plural in this form
Examples
- The dermatologist performed several cryosurgeries to remove the patient's warts.
- Cryosurgeries are commonly used to treat skin lesions and precancerous growths.
- The hospital invested in new equipment to improve the precision of cryosurgeries.
- Many cryosurgeries can be done in an outpatient setting with minimal recovery time.
- The surgeon scheduled three cryosurgeries for the following week.