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cryoneedle

noun

Etymology

From cryo- + needle.

  1. derived from *(s)neh₁-✻ — “to spin, twist”
  2. inherited from *nēþlō✻
  3. inherited from *nāþlu✻
  4. inherited from nǣdl
  5. inherited from nedle
  6. prefixed as cryoneedle — “cryo + needle”

Definitions

  1. A needle used in cryosurgery to apply cold to a small part

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cryoneedle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA