crymo-, crym-, krymo-, krym- +
(Greek: cold, frost, chill)
crymnion
The planktonic organisms of perpetual ice and snow.
crymoanesthesia
1. 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.
2. Anesthesia by freezing.
crymocolous
Growing in tundra or polar regions.
crymodinia
Rheumatism due to cold or resulting from cold conditions.
crymodynia
1. Pain from cold, especially rheumatic pain aggravated by cold or damp weather.
2. Rheumatic pain coming on in cold or damp weather
crymohemic
Cold blooded.
crymophile, crymophillia, crymophilous, crymophily
1. Dwelling and thriving in polar habitats or regions.
2. Preferring cold; denoting microorganisms that thrive best at low temperatures.
crymophilic
Growing best at low temperatures. A reference to microorganisms.
crymophylactic
1. Resistant to low temperatures; said of bacteria or microorganisms.
2. Resistant to cold, said of certain microorganisms which are not destroyed even by freezing temperatures.
crymophyte
A plant that grows in polar regions.
crymotherapeutics
1. The use of cold in the treatment of disease.
2. Medical treatment that involves cooling the body, especially by applying ice packs.
crymotherapy, krymotherapy; crymotherapies, krymotherapies
Treatment of an illness with the use of cold temperatures.
isocryme
A line connecting points on the earth’s surface at which the temperature is the same during a specified coldest period of the year.
Related cold, frost; freezing units of words:
algid-;
cheimo-, chimo-;
cryo-, kryo-;
frigo-;
gel-;
pago-;
psychro-;
rhigo-.
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