cryo-, cry-, kryo-, kry- +
(Greek: cold, very cold, freezing; used to describe the effects of low temperatures or activities carried on at a very low temperature)
cryometry
The measurement or recording of extremely low temperatures, especially using a cryometer.
cryomorphology
In geology, a branch of geomorphology that involves the study of the processes and features of cold climates.
cryonics
1. Any of several medical techniques that use cold for therapeutic purposes, such as using ice to deaden pain.
2. The study or practice of keeping a newly dead body at an extremely low temperature in the hope of restoring it to life later with the help of future medical advances; a contraction of cryogenics.
cryopathy
A morbid condition in which exposure to cold is an important factor. Also frigorism.
cryopedology
A branch of geology that involves the study of frost action and the occurrence of frozen ground.
cryopedometer
An instrument for measuring the depth to which soil is frozen.
cryopexy
In retinal detachment surgery, sealing the sensory retina to the pigment epithelium and choroid by a freezing probe applied to the sclera.
cryophil, cryophile, cryophily
1. Thriving at low temperatures.
2. Preferring cold conditions.
cryophilic, cryophilia; cryophillic, cryophillia; cryophilous
A reference to thriving at low temperatures.
cryophobia
1. A hatred, or fear, of being cold.
2. Unable to exist in cold temperatures.
3. An excessive fear of cold, ice, or frost.
cryophorous, cryophoric
An instrument demonstrating freezing of water by its evaporation.
cryophorus
An instrument for showing the freezing of water by its own evaporation.
cryophylactic
Resistant to low temperatures; said of bacteria.
cryophysics
A branch of physics that is concerned with processes and phenomena at temperatures approaching absolute zero.
cryophytes
1. Plants that grow on ice or snow.
2. Plants thriving at low temperatures; such as, algae, bacteria, and fungi on snow and ice.
Cross references of word families that are related directly or indirectly to "winter, freezing, frost, and/or cold":
algid- (cold, chilly);
cheimo-, chimo- (winter, cold);
crymo-, krymo- (cold, chill, frost);
frigo-, frig- (cold, frost);
gel-, gelati- (freeze, frost, congeal);
hiber- (winter, wintry);
pago- (cold, freezing);
psychro- (cold);
rhigo- (cold, frost; shiver).
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