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The use of extreme cold to damage or destroy a body part, pathway, or function. The procedure is performed using small cryogenic probes during surgery, and has recently been applied to solitary sporadic renal tumor lesions./NCI-GLOSS Definition: A procedure in which tissue is frozen to destroy abnormal cells. Liquid nitrogen or liquid carbon dioxide is used to freeze the tissue./CDISC Definition: Removal, separation, detachment, extirpation or eradication of a body part, pathway or function by freezing. (NCI)
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