cryonecrosis

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What does cryonecrosis mean?

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

Where does cryonecrosis come from?

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

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