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cryophylactic

cryophylactic adjective: resistant to freezing.

Adjective

cryophylactic (not comparable)

  1. resistant to freezing

Origin of cryophylactic

From cryo- + phylactic.

Questions about cryophylactic

What does cryophylactic mean?
Cryophylactic means resistant to freezing.
What part of speech is cryophylactic?
Cryophylactic is an adjective.

Words near cryophylactic in the dictionary

  1. cryophobe
  2. cryophobes
  3. cryophobia
  4. cryophorus
  5. cryophoruses
  6. cryophylactic
  7. cryophysics
  8. cryophysiological
  9. cryophysiology
  10. cryophyte
  11. cryophytes

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