cryotherapy

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noun

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.

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Meanings

nouncryotherapy (countable and uncountable, plural cryotherapies)

plural cryotherapies

  1. countableuncountableThe 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.

Origin

From cryo- + therapy.

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Translations

Arabic عِلَاج بِالتَّبْرِيد
  • عِلَاج بِالتَّبْرِيد (ʕilāj bi-t-tabrīd)use of low temperatures in medical therapy
Catalan crioteràpia
  • crioteràpiause of low temperatures in medical therapy
Czech kryoterapie
  • kryoterapieuse of low temperatures in medical therapy
French cryothérapie
  • cryothérapieuse of low temperatures in medical therapy
Romanian crioterapie
  • crioterapieuse of low temperatures in medical therapy
Spanish crioterapia
  • crioterapiause of low temperatures in medical therapy
Turkish kriyoterapi
  • kriyoterapiuse of low temperatures in medical therapy
Ukrainian кріотерапі́я
  • кріотерапі́я (krioterapíja)use of low temperatures in medical therapy
Cite this entry
APA

cryotherapy. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryotherapy

MLA

“cryotherapy.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryotherapy. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “cryotherapy,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/cryotherapy.

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