Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A liquid nitrogen spray used in cryosurgery.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

cryo- +‎ spray

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word cryospray.

Examples

  • The description of the procedure, which begins with "a gentle cryospray," seriously disturbs me.

    Various. bradamant 2005

  • Patients with esophageal cancer, one of the deadliest cancers in the United States, have a new option: cryospray ablation.

    Reader's Digest 2008

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.