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cryoprotectant

cryoprotectant noun: any substance (typically a polyhydric alcohol) that prevents cell damage on freezing.

Noun

cryoprotectant (plural cryoprotectants)

  1. Any substance (typically a polyhydric alcohol) that prevents cell damage on freezing

cryoprotectant meaning in Tamil

cryoprotectant in Tamil

மீக்குளிர் பாதுகாப்பி

Forms of cryoprotectant

pluralcryoprotectants

Origin of cryoprotectant

From cryo- + protectant.

Questions about cryoprotectant

What does cryoprotectant mean?
Cryoprotectant means any substance (typically a polyhydric alcohol) that prevents cell damage on freezing.
What is cryoprotectant in Tamil?
Cryoprotectant in Tamil is மீக்குளிர் பாதுகாப்பி. See Cryoprotectant meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is cryoprotectant?
Cryoprotectant is a noun.
What is the plural of cryoprotectant?
The plural of cryoprotectant is cryoprotectants.

Words near cryoprotectant in the dictionary

  1. cryoprocessed
  2. cryoprocesses
  3. cryoprocessing
  4. cryoprostatectomy
  5. cryoprotect
  6. cryoprotectant
  7. cryoprotectants
  8. cryoprotected
  9. cryoprotecting
  10. cryoprotection
  11. cryoprotections

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Adapted from Wiktionary: cryoprotectant (page history and authors); cryoprotectant (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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