cryo- /krī-ō- or krī-o-/

Denoting frost, ice, ice-cold

cryoablā'tion noun

A cosmetic procedure in which extremely cold temperatures are used to remove skin blemishes

cryobiologˈical adjective

cryobiolˈogist noun

cryobiolˈogy noun

The study of the effects of extreme cold on living organisms

cryocˈonite noun

(Gr konis dust) dust found on the surface of polar ice

cryˈogen /-jen/ noun

(Gr root of gignesthai to become) a substance used for obtaining low temperatures, a freezing mixture

cryogenˈic adjective

Relating to the science of cryogenics, or to work done, apparatus used, or substances kept, at low temperatures

cryogen'ically adverb

cryogenˈics singular noun

The branch of physics concerned with phenomena at very low temperatures

cryogeny /-ojˈə-ni/ noun

1. Refrigeration
2. Cryogenics

cryoglobulin /-globˈū-lin/ noun (medicine)

An immunoglobulin formed in the blood in certain diseases which forms obstructions in small blood vessels when the extremities are subjected to low temperatures

cryˈolite noun

(Gr lithos a stone) an icestone or Greenland spar, sodium aluminium fluoride, earliest source of aluminium

cryomˈeter noun

(Gr metron measure) a thermometer for low temperatures

cryometˈric adjective

cryonˈic adjective

cryonˈics singular noun

The practice of preserving human corpses by freezing them, with the idea that advances in science may enable them to be revived at some future time (also cryonic suspension)

cryophilˈic adjective (Gr phileein to love; biology)

Able to thrive at low temperatures

cryophˈorus noun

(Gr pherein to bear) an instrument for showing the decrease of temperature in water by evaporation

cryophysˈics singular noun

Low temperature physics

cryoprecipˈitate noun

A precipitate, eg from blood plasma, produced by freezing and thawing under controlled conditions

cryopreservāˈtion noun

1. The preservation of living cells (eg blood, human eggs and sperm) by freezing
2. Cryonics

cryopreserveˈ transitive verb

cryˈoprobe noun

A fine instrument with a cooled tip used in cryosurgery

cryˈoscope noun

An instrument for determining freezing points

cryoscopˈic adjective

cryosˈcopy noun

The study of the effect of dissolved substances on the freezing points of solvents

cryˈostat noun

1. An apparatus for achieving or demonstrating cooling by evaporation
2. Any apparatus for maintaining a low temperature

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