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cryobiosis

cryobiosis noun: a cryptobiotic response to a decrease in temperature.

Noun

cryobiosis (uncountable)

  1. A cryptobiotic response to a decrease in temperature.

Origin of cryobiosis

From cryo- + -biosis.

Words formed from cryobiosis

Questions about cryobiosis

What does cryobiosis mean?
Cryobiosis means a cryptobiotic response to a decrease in temperature.
What part of speech is cryobiosis?
Cryobiosis is a noun.

Words near cryobiosis in the dictionary

  1. cryobiologist
  2. cryobiologists
  3. cryobiology
  4. cryobiopsies
  5. cryobiopsy
  6. cryobiosis
  7. cryobiotechnological
  8. cryobiotechnology
  9. cryobiotic
  10. cryoblation
  11. cryoblock

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