cryosurgery
(noun) the use of extreme cold (usually liquid nitrogen) to destroy unwanted tissue (warts or cataracts or skin cancers)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
cryosurgery (countable and uncountable, plural cryosurgeries)
(medicine) The use of a probe containing liquid nitrogen to freeze and thus destroy tissue.
Source: Wiktionary
20 November 2024
(noun) an injection of a liquid through the anus to stimulate evacuation; sometimes used for diagnostic purposes
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
