Medical Definition of Cryopexy

1. In retinal detachment surgery, sealing the sensory retina to the pigment epithelium and choroid by a freezing probe applied to the sclera. Origin: cryo-+ G. Pexis, a fixing in place (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryopexy

cryoglobulins
cryohydrate
cryohypophysectomy
cryolite
cryolites
cryolysis
cryometer
cryometer
cryometers
cryonic
cryonics
cryonics
cryopallidectomy
cryopathy
cryopathy
cryopexy (current term)
cryophilic
cryophilic
cryophilous
cryophobia
cryophylactic
cryophyte
cryophytes
cryoprecipitate
cryoprecipitation
cryopreservation
cryopreserve
cryopreserved
cryopreserves
cryopreserving

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