cryotherapy

English

Etymology

From cryo- +‎ therapy.

Noun

cryotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural cryotherapies)

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cryotherapy

Wikipedia

1. 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.

Derived terms

• cryotherapist
• cyclocryotherapy

Related terms

• psychrotherapy

Translations

use of low temperatures in medical therapy

Arabic: عِلَاج بِالتَّبْرِيد (ʕilāj bi-t-tabrīd) Catalan: crioteràpia f Czech: kryoterapie f French: cryothérapie (fr) f Romanian: crioterapie (ro) f Spanish: crioterapia (es) f Turkish: kriyoterapi Ukrainian: кріотерапі́я f (krioterapíja)