cryohydric
/krʌɪə(ʊ)ˈhʌɪdrɪk/Chemistry. Now rare
adjective
Of or relating to distinctive mixtures of crystalline substances with water (ice), or their formation. Chiefly in cryohydric point noun the eutectic point or temperature of a solution of a salt in water. cryohydric temperature noun = cryohydric point.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Journal of the Chemical Society. From cryohydr- + -ic (perhaps compare -hydric), after French cryohydratique.
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