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Definition: Cryosurgery |
CryosurgeryNoun1. The use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Health | The use of freezing as a special surgical technique to destroy or excise tissue. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Cryosurgery is under study as an alternative to surgery and radiation therapy. (references) | |
Examine alternative therapies for primary melanomas where normal tissue conservation is critical (e.g., Mohs micrographic surgery and cryosurgery). (references) | ||
Precancerous lesions such as actinic keratoses are treated by topical chemotherapy (e.g., by the use of 5-fluorouracil) and physical methods of superficial skin destruction (e.g., cryosurgery). (references) | ||
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| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cryosurgery | 151 |
cervix cryosurgery | 9 |
cervical cryosurgery | 9 |
prostate cryosurgery | 5 |
cancer cryosurgery prostate | 4 |
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| Language | Translations for "cryosurgery"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
German | kryochirurgie. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yosurgerycray kriohirurgija. (various references) criocirugía. (various references) kryokirurgi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-o-r-r-r-s-u-y-y" | |
-3 letters: scourger. | |
-4 letters: courser, cursory, grocers, grocery, grouser, roguery, scourer, scourge, scrouge, sorcery, surgery. | |
-5 letters: cerous, corers, course, crores, crouse, cruors, curers, curser, cursor, errors, erugos, grocer, grouse, gyrose, orrery, recurs, rogers, rogues, rosery, rouges, rouser, rugose, scorer, scurry, source, sourer, surger, surrey, urgers. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Quotations: Non-fiction 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Anagrams 7. Bibliography |
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