What it means
The root in words about cold. Cryotherapy is treatment with cold, from an ice pack to freezing off a wart. Cryosurgery destroys tissue by freezing it, and cryoprecipitate is a blood product made by freezing and slowly thawing plasma.
At a glance
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Related terms
hypothermia
A body temperature that has fallen below the normal range.