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cryobank en · NOUN

Etymology

From cryo- + bank.

Meanings

  1. A biobank where cryogenically preserved material is stored.
    • In the early 1970s, the first cryobanks, largely run by men, opened in the United States, offering frozen sperm from anonymous donors (often college students), mostly to infertile couples. 2019 June 26, Susan Dominus, “Sperm Donors Can’t Stay Secret Anymore. Here’s What That Means.”, in New York Times:

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Hypernyms

biobank

cryobank en · VERB

Etymology

From cryo- + bank.

Meanings

  1. (transitive) To store in such a biobank.

Forms

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cryobanked Tense=Past lexicographic
cryobanks Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic