Cryo-process
noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 The process or use of cryogenic freezing.
"Sperm cells, even among taxonomically-related species, differ amazingly in response to cryoprotectant, cooling, freezing and the many osmotic stresses associated with the entire cryo-process."
Verb
- 1 To subject to cryogenic freezing.
". Tissues were cryo-processed because membranous structures in the oocyst appear to hinder routine fixation and embedment."
Example
More examples"Sperm cells, even among taxonomically-related species, differ amazingly in response to cryoprotectant, cooling, freezing and the many osmotic stresses associated with the entire cryo-process."
Etymology
From cryo- + process.
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