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cryopuncture

cryopuncture verb: to puncture by exposure to low temperature, especially to freezing.

Verb

cryopuncture (third-person singular simple present cryopunctures, present participle cryopuncturing, simple past and past participle cryopunctured)

  1. To puncture by exposure to low temperature, especially to freezing

Forms of cryopuncture

third-person singular presentcryopunctures
present participlecryopuncturing
past participlecryopunctured
pastcryopunctured

Origin of cryopuncture

From cryo- + puncture.

Questions about cryopuncture

What does cryopuncture mean?
Cryopuncture means to puncture by exposure to low temperature, especially to freezing.
What part of speech is cryopuncture?
Cryopuncture is a verb.
What is the past tense of cryopuncture?
The past tense of cryopuncture is cryopunctured.

Words near cryopuncture in the dictionary

  1. cryopulverizes
  2. cryopulverizing
  3. cryopump
  4. cryopumped
  5. cryopumps
  6. cryopuncture
  7. cryopunctured
  8. cryopyrin
  9. cryopyrinopathies
  10. cryopyrinopathy
  11. cryoquench

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