Definition of Cryotherapy

1. Noun. The use of low temperatures in medical therapy or the removal of heat from a body part, aiming to decrease cellular metabolism and inflammation and to promote vasoconstriction. ¹

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Definition of Cryotherapy

1. [n -PIES]

Medical Definition of Cryotherapy

1. The therapeutic use of cold to reduce discomfort, limit progression of tissue oedema or break a cycle of muscle spasm. Cryotherapy is a form of counterirritation. (16 Dec 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryotherapy

cryostats
cryosurgeon
cryosurgeons
cryosurgeries
cryosurgery
cryosurgical
cryosurgically
cryotechnologies
cryotechnology
cryotemperature
cryotemperatures
cryothalamectomy
cryotherapies
cryotherapist
cryotherapists
cryotherapy (current term)
cryotolerant
cryotomographic
cryotomography
cryotransmission
cryotrap
cryotrapping
cryotraps
cryotron
cryotrons
cryoturbation
cryoturbations
cryoultramicrotomy
cryovial
cryovolcanic

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