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cryo-

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

Origin:
comb. form repr. Gk. krýos
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cryo-  
pref.  Cold; freezing: cryoscopy.

[From Greek kruos, icy cold; see kreus- in Indo-European roots.]
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cryo- or cry-
pref.
Cold; freezing: cryoprotein.

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