crypto-

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crypto-

1. Hidden, invisible.
   • crypto- + crystalline → cryptocrystalline (“whose crystalline nature only becomes apparent at high levels of magnification”)
   • crypto- + zoology → cryptozoology (“the study of animals whose existence has not been proven”)
2. Secret.
   • crypto- + fascist → cryptofascist
   • crypto- + -lect → cryptolect (“a secret language”)
3. Relating to cryptography, the study of secret communication.
   • crypto- + function → cryptofunction
   • crypto- + variable → cryptovariable
4. Cryptocurrency.
   • crypto- + asset → cryptoasset
   • crypto- + collectible → cryptocollectible