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cryobank

cryobank noun: a biobank where cryogenically preserved material is stored.

Noun

cryobank (plural cryobanks)

  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

Verb

cryobank (third-person singular simple present cryobanks, present participle cryobanking, simple past and past participle cryobanked)

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

Forms of cryobank

Noun
pluralcryobanks
Verb
third-person singular presentcryobanks
present participlecryobanking
past participlecryobanked
pastcryobanked

Origin of cryobank

From cryo- + bank.

Questions about cryobank

What does cryobank mean?
Cryobank means a biobank where cryogenically preserved material is stored.
What part of speech is cryobank?
Cryobank can be a noun or a verb.
What is the plural of cryobank?
The plural of cryobank is cryobanks.

Words near cryobank in the dictionary

  1. cryoattachments
  2. cryobag
  3. cryobags
  4. cryoballoon
  5. cryoballoons
  6. cryobank
  7. cryobanked
  8. cryobanking
  9. cryobanks
  10. cryobath
  11. cryobaths

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