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cryo-

  1. a combining form meaning “icy cold,” “frost,” used in the formation of compound words:

    cryogenics.

cryo-

combining_form

  1. indicating low temperature; frost, cold, or freezing

    cryosurgery

    cryogenics

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cryo-1

Combining form representing Greek krýos

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Word History and Origins

Origin of cryo-1

from Greek kruos icy cold, frost

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Example Sentences

You were intelligent, though unsound—about cryo-hydrates it was.

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