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cryophilic

cryophilic adjective: growing best at low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees Celsius.

Adjective

cryophilic (not comparable)

  1. growing best at low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees Celsius
    • a cryophilic bacterium
    Antonyms:
    cryophobic

cryophilic meaning in Tamil

cryophilic in Tamil

மீக்குறை வெப்பநிலை

Synonyms of cryophilic

Antonyms

  • cryophobic

Origin of cryophilic

From cryo- + -philic.

Questions about cryophilic

What does cryophilic mean?
Cryophilic means growing best at low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees Celsius.
What is cryophilic in Tamil?
Cryophilic in Tamil is மீக்குறை வெப்பநிலை. See Cryophilic meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cryophilic?
Cryophilic is an adjective.

Words near cryophilic in the dictionary

  1. cryopexies
  2. cryopexy
  3. cryophile
  4. cryophiles
  5. cryophilia
  6. cryophilic
  7. cryophilicity
  8. cryophilous
  9. cryophobe
  10. cryophobes
  11. cryophobia

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cryophilic (page history and authors); cryophilic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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