1) Eye surgery 
[medicine] In ophthalmology, cryoextraction is a form of intracapsular cataract extraction in which a cryoextractor, a special type of cryoprobe, is used to freeze the crystalline lens and pull it intact from the eye. Dr. Charles Kelman is credited with pioneering this surgical method in 1962. It can also be used in the treatment of orbital...
Removal of cataracts by the adhesion of a freezing probe to the lens; now rarely done. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(kri″o-ek-strak´shәn) application of extremely low temperature for the removal of a lens that has a cataract.
Type: Term Pronunciation: krī′ō-ek-strak′shŭn Definitions: 1. Removal of cataracts by the adhesion of a freezing probe to the lens; now rarely done.
cryoextraction Removal of cataracts by the adhesion of a freezing probe to the lens; now rarely done. It is accomplished with an instrument (cryoprobe) whose extremely cold tip forms an adhesion (iceball) with the lens, thus permitting removal of the lens.
French term (also cryoextraction) for freeze concentration; see under concentration. Concentration Various methods of concentrating grape must or wine by removing certain substances. In most cases this is done by reducing the pure water content. The oldest form is the drying of grapes, which was already used in ancient times. Today, this is ac...
the surgical removal of a cataract with a cryoprobe.