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cryo-process en · NOUN

Etymology

From cryo- + process.

Meanings

  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. 2007, Eduardo R. S. Roldan, Montserrat Gomendio, Spermatology, →ISBN:
    • Tomato slices have an extremely high water content and sell as a premium product. The cryo-process has been utilized in this case because it has provided good texture, taste, and color in the thawed product. 2013, K. D. Timmerhaus, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, →ISBN:
    • In the cryo-process the temperature of the wafer plays an important role. Besides the capability to cool the wafer down to cryogenic temperatures, accurate water temperature control during the process is also essential because the wafer temperature directly affects the sidewall profiles. 2015, Markku Tilli, Teruaki Motooka, Veli-Matti Airaksinen, Handbook of Silicon Based MEMS Materials and Technologies, →ISBN, page 448:
    • The ambient body temperature of the body might act as such a heat source thus preventing the injury of vital deep organs or implants underneath the cryo-process. 2016, William Abramovits, Gloria Graham, Yaron Har-Shai, Dermatological Cryosurgery and Cryotherapy, →ISBN, page 471:

Forms

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cryo process alternative lexicographic
cryo-processes Number=Plur lexicographic
cryoprocess alternative lexicographic

cryo-process en · VERB

Etymology

From cryo- + process.

Meanings

  1. To subject to cryogenic freezing.
    • Lungs were fixed in situ by intratracheal infusion of fixative, cryo-processed, and sectioned as described in Methods 2003, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:
    • . Tissues were cryo-processed because membranous structures in the oocyst appear to hinder routine fixation and embedment. 1983 June, Willima E. Hawkins, John W. Fournie, Robin M. Overstreet, “Organization of sporulated oocysts of Eimeria funduli in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis”, in The Journal of parasitology, volume 69, number 3:
    • In a further test, a clay-rich water wetted sandstone sample was cryo-processed as described above. 1994, First Break - Volume 12, page 132:

Forms

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cryo-processing Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cryo-processes Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
cryoprocess alternative lexicographic
cryo process alternative lexicographic
cryo-processed Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
cryo-processed Tense=Past lexicographic