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cryolife

cryolife noun: life in a cryogenic environment.

Noun

cryolife (uncountable)

  1. Life in a cryogenic environment.
    • Laura didn't know what kind of alien that could support; the Commonwealth had never found any cryolife, and there were no electromagnetic signals or thermal emissions […]2016, Peter F. Hamilton, A Night Without Stars: A Novel of the Commonwealth

Origin of cryolife

From cryo- + life.

Questions about cryolife

What does cryolife mean?
Cryolife means life in a cryogenic environment.
What part of speech is cryolife?
Cryolife is a noun.

Words near cryolife in the dictionary

  1. cryolava
  2. cryolavas
  3. cryolesion
  4. cryolesioned
  5. cryolesions
  6. cryolife
  7. cryolipolysis
  8. cryolisate
  9. cryolite
  10. cryolites
  11. cryolithionite

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