"cryotherapy" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cryotherapies [plural]
Etymology: From cryo- + therapy. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|cryo|therapy}} cryo- + therapy Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cryotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural cryotherapies)
  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. Wikipedia link: cryotherapy Tags: countable, uncountable Derived forms: cryotherapist, cyclocryotherapy Related terms: psychrotherapy Translations (use of low temperatures in medical therapy): عِلَاج بِالتَّبْرِيد (ʕilāj bi-t-tabrīd) (Arabic), kryoterapie [feminine] (Czech), kriyoterapi (Turkish), кріотерапі́я (krioterapíja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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