| CRYOPHYTE | • cryophyte n. (Botany) Any plant whose buds overwinter below ground. • cryophyte n. (Botany) Any plant that grows on ice or snow. • CRYOPHYTE n. an organism esp. an alga or moss that grows on snow or ice. |
| CRYOPROBE | • cryoprobe n. (Surgery) An instrument used to apply extreme cold to a tissue as part of cryosurgery. • CRYOPROBE n. a blunt chilled probe used to freeze tissue in cryosurgery. |
| CRYOPHILIC | • cryophilic adj. (Microbiology) growing best at low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees Celsius. • CRYOPHILIC adj. cold-loving. |
| CRYOPHORUS | • cryophorus n. (Chemistry) An instrument used to illustrate the freezing of water by its own evaporation. The ordinary… • CRYOPHORUS n. an instrument for showing the decrease in the temperature of water by its evaporation. |
| CRYOPHYTES | • cryophytes n. Plural of cryophyte. • CRYOPHYTE n. an organism esp. an alga or moss that grows on snow or ice. |
| CRYOPROBES | • cryoprobes n. Plural of cryoprobe. • CRYOPROBE n. a blunt chilled probe used to freeze tissue in cryosurgery. |
| CRYOPHYSICS | • cryophysics n. (Physics) The physics of phenomena associated with matter at very low temperatures. • CRYOPHYSICS n. low-temperature physics. |
| CRYOPHORUSES | • cryophoruses n. Plural of cryophorus. • CRYOPHORUS n. an instrument for showing the decrease in the temperature of water by its evaporation. |
| CRYOPLANKTON | • CRYOPLANKTON n. minute organisms, esp. algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water. |
| CRYOPRESERVE | • cryopreserve v. To preserve something (especially biological tissue) by freezing it and holding it a very low temperature. • CRYOPRESERVE v. to preserve by freezing. |
| CRYOPLANKTONS | • CRYOPLANKTON n. minute organisms, esp. algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water. |
| CRYOPRESERVED | • cryopreserved v. Simple past tense and past participle of cryopreserve. • cryopreserved adj. Preserved by the use of cryopreservation. • CRYOPRESERVE v. to preserve by freezing. |
| CRYOPRESERVES | • cryopreserves v. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cryopreserve. • CRYOPRESERVE v. to preserve by freezing. |
| CRYOPRESERVING | • cryopreserving v. Present participle of cryopreserve. • cryopreserving n. Cryopreservation. • CRYOPRESERVE v. to preserve by freezing. |
| CRYOPROTECTANT | • cryoprotectant n. (Biology) Any substance (typically a polyhydric alcohol) that prevents cell damage on freezing. • CRYOPROTECTANT n. a cryoprotective substance. |
| CRYOPROTECTIVE | • cryoprotective adj. That provides cryoprotection. • CRYOPROTECTIVE adj. serving to protect against the deleterious effects of freezing. |
| CRYOPRECIPITATE | • cryoprecipitate n. A frozen blood product prepared from plasma. • cryoprecipitate v. To precipitate at low temperatures. • CRYOPRECIPITATE n. a precipitate, e.g. from blood plasma, produced by freezing and thawing under controlled conditions. |
| CRYOPROTECTANTS | • cryoprotectants n. Plural of cryoprotectant. • CRYOPROTECTANT n. a cryoprotective substance. |