Definition
Medical treatment using extreme cold or freezing to cure diseases, reduce inflammation, or numb pain.
Etymology
From Greek 'kryos' (cold) + 'therapeia' (healing or treatment). This medical term developed in the 20th century as doctors scientifically explored how controlled freezing could be therapeutic.
Kelly Says
Modern athletes use ice baths after intense workouts because of this principle—but doctors take it way further, using liquid nitrogen to freeze off warts, tumors, and damaged tissue. Cold as medicine is actually ancient, but cryotherapy made it scientific.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ዝምም trattamien
zimm zim tratta-mien
ARالعربية
العلاج بالتبريد
al-'ilaaj bil-tafriid
BNবাংলা
ক্রাইওথেরাপি
krai-o-the-ra-pi
CACatalà
crioteràpia
kri-o-te-ra-pee-ah
CSČeština
kryoterapie
kri-o-te-ra-pee
DADansk
kryoterapi
kri-o-te-ra-pee
DEDeutsch
Kryotherapie
kri-o-te-ra-pee
ELΕλληνικά
κρυοθεραπεία
kri-o-te-ra-pee-ah
ESEspañol
crioterapía
kri-o-te-ra-pee-ah
FAفارسی
کرایوتراپی
krai-o-tra-pee
FISuomi
kryoterapia
kri-o-te-ra-pee-ah
FRFrançais
cryothérapie
krio-te-ra-pee
GUGU
ક્રાયોથેરાપી
krai-o-the-ra-pee
HEעברית
טיפול קרים
ti-pul kam-rim
HIहिन्दी
शीत चिकित्सा
sheet chikitsa
HUMagyar
krioterápia
kri-o-te-ra-pee-ah
IDBahasa Indonesia
krioterapi
kri-o-te-ra-pee
IGIG
akụkụ ụkwụ
a-ku-ku u-kwu
ITItaliano
crioterapia
kri-o-te-ra-pee-ah
KKKK
кріотерапия
kri-o-te-ra-pi-ya
KMKM
ក្រោមស្ងាត់
krao-om s-ngat
KO한국어
극저온치료
geukjeo-on-chil-yo
MRMR
क्रायोथेरेपी
krai-o-the-ra-pee
MSBahasa Melayu
krioterapi
kri-o-te-ra-pee
MYမြန်မာ
ကြိုးချိန်ဆုံး
kya-o-chin-sone
NLNederlands
cryotherapie
kri-o-te-ra-pee
NONorsk
kryoterapi
kri-o-te-ra-pee
PAPA
ਕ੍ਰਾਈਓਥੈਰੇਪੀ
krai-o-the-ra-pee
PLPolski
kryoterapi
kri-o-te-ra-pee
PTPortuguês
crioterapia
kri-o-te-ra-pee-ah
RORomână
crioterapie
kri-o-te-ra-pee-ah
RUРусский
криотерапия
kri-o-te-ra-pee-ya
SVSvenska
kryoterapi
kri-o-te-ra-pee
SWKiswahili
krioterapi
kri-o-te-ra-pee
TAதமிழ்
குளிர்ச்சி சிகிச்சை
ku-li-r-chi si-ki-t-chai
TEతెలుగు
క్రయోథెరపీ
kra-yo-the-ra-pee
THไทย
การรักษาด้วยความเย็น
garan rak-sa duay khwam-yen
TLTL
krioterapi
kri-o-te-ra-pee
TRTürkçe
kriyoterapi
kri-yo-te-ra-pee
UKУкраїнська
криотерапія
kri-o-te-ra-pi-ya
URاردو
کرایوٹھيراپی
krai-o-the-ra-pee
VITiếng Việt
chữa lạnh
chua-lanh