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Results 1 - 5 of 5 for melting
  1. Frostbite - hands (image) 
    ... sub-zero temperatures or at temperatures just below freezing but with a wind (wind chill). At some ... Note the blistering and swelling caused by tissue freezing. Severe frostbite may result in loss of fingers ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/3072.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  2. Cervical cryosurgery (image) 
    Cryosurgery is performed by freezing and destroying abnormal tissue.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/17042.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  3. Cervical cryosurgery (image) 
    Cryosurgery is super-freezing of tissue in order to destroy it. This procedure may be done to treat cervicitis or cervical dysplasia.
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9168.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  4. Keloid scar (image) 
    ... tumor. Keloids may be reduced in size by freezing (cryotherapy), external pressure, corticosteroid injections, laser treatments, radiation, ...
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9865.htm - Medical Encyclopedia
  5. Skin tag (image) 
    ... folds. The growths may be surgically removed by freezing (cryotherapy), or electrically burned off (cautery).
    https://medlineplus.gov/ency/imagepages/9902.htm - Medical Encyclopedia