cryotherapyn.
/ˌkrʌɪə(ʊ)ˈθɛrəpi/, U.S. /ˌkraɪoʊˈθɛrəpi/ Medicine.
The cooling of part or all of the body for therapeutic purposes; (also) the destruction of tissue by freezing (cf. cryosurgery n.).
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refrigerative1583
refrigeration1828
cryotherapy1909
cryoablation1968
1909 Lancet 13 Nov. 1473/1 The work of the congress [of Physiotherapy] will be conducted in the seven sections as follows: (1) Kinesitherapy;..(6) Cryotherapy; and (7) Dietetics.
1939 Arch. Dermatol. & Syphilol. 39 997 Cryotherapy should be guardedly administered when there is atrophy of the skin.
1969 New Scientist 30 Jan. 230/2 Palliative cryotherapy provides worthwhile symptomatic relief by surface destruction of the tumour.
1990 Equus Aug. 94/3 Cold treatment (cryotherapy) can be just as beneficial for your horse's swollen limbs.
2004 Independent on Sunday 18 Jan. (TimeOff section) 11/3 Cryotherapy, the use of ice treatment to help restore muscle fibres and ease aching limbs, is perhaps the hottest recovery aid of the moment.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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