Medical Terms Most People Don’t Understand But Should

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Cryo

Cryo means cold, so when one hears a term that starts with it, cold is probably being used to treat some condition. One example of this is a cryoablation in which doctors use cold to destroy cells that are bad for the body. They may, for example, use cryoablation to remove kidney tumors.
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