cryotherapy

English

Etymology

From cryo- +‎ therapy.

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.

Derived terms

• cryotherapist
• cyclocryotherapy

 

Related terms

• psychrotherapy

Translations

use of low temperatures in medical therapy

• Arabic: عِلَاج بِالتَّبْرِيد (ʕilāj bi-t-tabrīd)
• Czech: kryoterapie f
• Turkish: kriyoterapi
• Ukrainian: кріотерапі́я f (krioterapíja)