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cryo-

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cold or freezing: cryogen

Origin of cryo-

from Classical Greek kryos, cold, frost: see crude


cryo-

prefix

Cold; freezing: cryoscopy.

Origin of cryo-

From Greek kruos icy cold ; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.


cryo

Prefix
  1. cold, freezing
Origin

From Ancient Greek κρύος (kruos, “icy cold, chill, frost”).


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Words near cryo- in the dictionary


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  • cryingly
  • cryings
  • crymotherapy
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  • cryo-transmission
  • cryo-transmission-electron-microscopy
  • cryoablation
  • cryoablations

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