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cryo-process

cryo-process noun: the process or use of cryogenic freezing.

Noun

cryo-process (plural cryo-processes)

  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

Verb

cryo-process (third-person singular simple present cryo-processes, present participle cryo-processing, simple past and past participle cryo-processed)

  1. To subject to cryogenic freezing.
    • . 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...
    • In a further test, a clay-rich water wetted sandstone sample was cryo-processed as described above.1994, First Break - Volume 12, page 132

Examples of cryo-process in a sentence

  • In the cryo-process the temperature of the wafer plays an important role.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:
  • Lungs were fixed in situ by intratracheal infusion of fixative, cryo-processed, and sectioned as described in Methods2003, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:

Forms of cryo-process

Noun
pluralcryo-processes
alternative formcryoprocess
alternative formcryo process
Verb
third-person singular presentcryo-processes
present participlecryo-processing
past participlecryo-processed
pastcryo-processed

Origin of cryo-process

From cryo- + process.

Questions about cryo-process

What does cryo-process mean?
Cryo-process means the process or use of cryogenic freezing.
How do you use cryo-process in a sentence?
In the cryo-process the temperature of the wafer plays an important role.
What part of speech is cryo-process?
Cryo-process can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of cryo-process?
The plural of cryo-process is cryo-processes.

Words near cryo-process in the dictionary

  1. cryo-freeze
  2. cryo-freezes
  3. cryo-freezing
  4. cryo-froze
  5. cryo-frozen
  6. cryo-process
  7. cryo-processed
  8. cryo-processes
  9. cryo-processing
  10. cryo-transmission
  11. cryo-transmission electron micrograph

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