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cryo-

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

    cryogenics.

cryo-

combining_form

  1. indicating low temperature; frost, cold, or freezing

    cryosurgery

    cryogenics

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cryo-1

Combining form representing Greek krýos
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Word History and Origins

Origin of cryo-1

from Greek kruos icy cold, frost
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Example Sentences

You were intelligent, though unsound—about cryo-hydrates it was.

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