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psychrophilia

psychrophilia noun: a tendency to thrive at low temperatures.

Noun

psychrophilia (uncountable)

  1. A tendency to thrive at low temperatures.
    Synonyms:
    cryophilia

Synonyms of psychrophilia

Origin of psychrophilia

From psychro- + -philia.

Questions about psychrophilia

What does psychrophilia mean?
Psychrophilia means a tendency to thrive at low temperatures.
What part of speech is psychrophilia?
Psychrophilia is a noun.

Words near psychrophilia in the dictionary

  1. psychrometrics
  2. psychrometries
  3. psychrometry
  4. psychrophile
  5. psychrophiles
  6. psychrophilia
  7. psychrophilic
  8. psychrophilicity
  9. psychrophilous
  10. psychrophobia
  11. psychrophore

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