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cryo-processed

cryo-processed is the simple past and past participle of cryo-process.

Meaning of cryo-process

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...

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Adjective

cryo-processed (comparative more cryo-processed, superlative most cryo-processed)

  1. Having been subjected to cryo-processing.
    • Unlike control and cryo-processed grafts, which showed moderate local inflammation and swift resolution of the transplants with phagocytes, high power-lased samples provoked long-terrn purulent reaction around the graft without appreciable phagocytic scavenging of the debris by phagocytic cells.1992, Proceedings of Laser-tissue Interaction - Volume 1646, page 118
    • However, the shape of axons and the composition of the microtubular and neuronal fiber network differ in comparison to cryo-processed specimens.2010, Electron Microscopy of Model Systems, →ISBN, page 324

Forms of cryo-processed

comparativemore cryo-processed
superlativemost cryo-processed

Questions about cryo-processed

What does cryo-processed mean?
Cryo-processed means having been subjected to cryo-processing.
What is cryo-processed the simple past and past participle of?
Cryo-processed is the simple past and past participle of cryo-process.
What part of speech is cryo-processed?
Cryo-processed is an adjective.

Words near cryo-processed in the dictionary

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

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