cryo-

cryo-

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

Origin:
combining form representing Greek krýos
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Cryo- is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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World English Dictionary
cryo-
 
combining form
indicating low temperature; frost, cold, or freezing: cryogenics; cryosurgery
 
[from Greek kruos icy cold, frost]

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Medical Dictionary

cryo- or cry-
pref.
Cold; freezing: cryoprotein.

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