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)
cryalgesia, cryalgia
Pain caused by cold (freezing).
cryanalgesia, cryanalgia
The relief of pain by application of cold with a cryoprobe to peripheral nerves.
cryanesthesia
1. Localized application of cold as a means of producing regional anesthesia.
2. Inability to perceive cold.
3. Loss of the perception of cold, as during hypothermia or from the application of certain freezing compounds.
Also the intentional application of cold (such as, with liquid nitrogen, etc.) to produce anesthesia for a short duration operation; that is, as with the lancing of a boil, removal of a nevus, cosmetic “sandpapering” of the skin, etc.
cryapodia
Having cold feet.
cryesthesia
1. A subjective sensation of cold.
2. Sensitiveness to cold.
cryoablution
The removal of a body part, such as a wart, by freezing (transliteration: "freeze bath" or "freeze wash").
cryoadsorption
The storage of a material; such as, hydrogen, by means of carbon adsorption at low temperatures.
Adsorption is the accumulation of gases, liquids, or solutes on the surface of a solid or liquid.
cryoanesthesia
The freezing of the skin with ice, carbon dioxide snow, or the evaporation of ethyl chloride.
It is used in preparing the skin for the surgical excision of superficial tumors, incisions, and drainage.
cryobank
A facility for freezing and preserving semen and body tissues at low temperatures, usually by immersion in liquid nitrogen at -196.5 degrees Centigrade.
cryobiologist
A specialist in the effects of low temperatures on biological systems.
cryobiology
1. The study of the effects of low temperatures on living organisms or biological systems; especially, warm-blooded animals.
2. The study of life and its constituents below its normal living temperature, including cryogenic temperatures (below -80 degrees Centigrade).
cryobiosis
In physiology, the carrying on of bodily functions at low temperatures.
cryobirth
The birth of an organism from a frozen embryo.
cryocapsule
Usually a fiberglass-stainless steel capsule (tank) where a "deanimated" body is placed for cryonic storage.
cryocardioplegia
1. Cessation of contractions of the myocardium produced by cooling the heart during cardiac surgery.
2. Paralysis of the heart as a result of hypothermia or cold.
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Related cold, frost; freezing units of words:
algid-;
cheimo-, chimo-;
crymo-, krymo-;
frigo-;
gel-;
pago-;
psychro-;
rhigo-.
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