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cryoprotection

cryoprotection noun: protection of biological tissue from the effects of cold by means of a cryoprotectant.

Noun

cryoprotection (countable and uncountable, plural cryoprotections)

  1. protection of biological tissue from the effects of cold by means of a cryoprotectant

Forms of cryoprotection

pluralcryoprotections

Origin of cryoprotection

From cryo- + protection.

Questions about cryoprotection

What does cryoprotection mean?
Cryoprotection means protection of biological tissue from the effects of cold by means of a cryoprotectant.
What part of speech is cryoprotection?
Cryoprotection is a noun.
What is the plural of cryoprotection?
The plural of cryoprotection is cryoprotections.

Words near cryoprotection in the dictionary

  1. cryoprotect
  2. cryoprotectant
  3. cryoprotectants
  4. cryoprotected
  5. cryoprotecting
  6. cryoprotection
  7. cryoprotections
  8. cryoprotective
  9. cryoprotectively
  10. cryoprotector
  11. cryoprotectors

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