cryonecrosis
English edit
Etymology edit
From international scientific vocabulary, from New Latin, cryo- + necrosis = cryo- + necro- + -osis.
Noun edit
cryonecrosis (uncountable)
- (biology, medicine, surgery) Necrosis caused by extreme cold, whether as trauma (in frostbite) or as a method of cryoablation in research or in cryosurgery.