Meaning & use
freeze off
To remove a skin growth, such as a wart, by applying extreme cold, typically liquid nitrogen.
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The dermatologist offered to freeze off the wart during a quick office visit.
Doctors can freeze off small skin tags using a simple cryotherapy treatment.
A note on using this word
Freeze off is commonly used informally for the medical procedure cryotherapy, which destroys tissue using extreme cold.
Words with a similar meaning
cryotherapy
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