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cryopreserving

cryopreserving is the present participle and gerund of cryopreserve.

Meaning of cryopreserve

Verb

cryopreserve (third-person singular simple present cryopreserves, present participle cryopreserving, simple past and past participle cryopreserved)

  1. To preserve something (especially biological tissue) by freezing it and holding it a very low temperature

Noun

cryopreserving (uncountable)

  1. cryopreservation

Questions about cryopreserving

What does cryopreserving mean?
Cryopreserving means cryopreservation.
What is cryopreserving the present participle and gerund of?
Cryopreserving is the present participle and gerund of cryopreserve.
What part of speech is cryopreserving?
Cryopreserving is a noun.

Words near cryopreserving in the dictionary

  1. cryopreservative
  2. cryopreservatives
  3. cryopreserve
  4. cryopreserved
  5. cryopreserves
  6. cryopreserving
  7. cryoprison
  8. cryoprisons
  9. cryoprobe
  10. cryoprobes
  11. cryoprocedure

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cryopreserving (page history and authors); cryopreserve (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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