Cryotherapy

A form of therapy consisting in the local or general use of cold. The selective destruction of tissue by extreme cold or freezing is CRYOSURGERY. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 4th ed)

Year introduced: 1994

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Tree Number(s): E02.258

MeSH Unique ID: D017679

Entry Terms:

• Cryotherapies
• Cold Therapy
• Cold Therapies
• Therapies, Cold
• Therapy, Cold

Previous Indexing:

• Cryosurgery (1966-1993)

See Also:

• Hypothermia, Induced

All MeSH Categories
Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment Category
Therapeutics
Cryotherapy
Hypothermia, Induced
Gastric Hypothermia