cryosurgeryn.
/ˌkrʌɪə(ʊ)ˈsəːdʒ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˌkraɪoʊˈsərdʒ(ə)ri/ Surgery involving the freezing of a localized area of tissue, esp. to destroy malignant or otherwise abnormal cells.
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plastic surgery1837
self-surgery1863
oral surgery1866
electrosurgery1870
Listerism1880
morioplasty1880
brain surgery1881
tachytomy1898
neurosurgery1904
radiosurgery1929
psychosurgery1936
microsurgery1959
microsurgery1960
cryosurgery1962
day surgery1968
work1968
biosurgery1969
psychic surgery1975
telesurgery1976
1962 St. Barnabas Hosp. Med. Bull. Spring 24/1 A relationship between radio-anatomic location and clinical findings is relevant to the analysis of basal ganglia cryosurgery.
1986 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 26 Nov. c8 In cryosurgery, the eyeball may have to be rotated so that the cold probe can be applied directly over the part of the retina needing repair.
1998 Guardian 28 July ii. 13/1 Some 97 per cent of people with non-melanomas survive with no further ill effects if treated promptly, usually with cryosurgery.
2007 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 July xiii. 6/3 Other treatments include surgical removal of the prostate gland; cryosurgery, in which the prostate tumor is frozen and destroyed.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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