cryo-, cry-, kryo-, kry-

A reference to freezing: A girl started to research cryonic preservation online, and although it is a controversial and costly process that involves the freezing of a dead body in the hope that resuscitation and a cure may one day be possible, she decided she wanted to be frozen after her death.

Pertaining to or causing the production of low temperatures: A cryogenic lake is formed by local thawing in an area of permanently frozen ground.

A cryogenic deep-refrigeration domain involves temperatures below 120 Kelvin.

A cryogenic substance can be a hydrogen, stored at such a low temperature.

Pertaining to how freezing something takes place at zero temperatures: A 14-year old girl, who had died of cancer, told a judge before her death that she wanted to be cryogenically frozen so she could be brought back to life "in hundreds of years".

The branch of science that deals with the realm of extremely low temperatures and their effects on matter: Cryogenics is the study he concerned with the production and effects of very low temperatures, particularly temperatures in the range of liquid helium.

You will find more information about cryogenics or "freezing, cold" applications for industrial use by going to this Cryogenics, Part 1; as well as, Cryogenics, Part 2.

A serum globulin (invariably an immunoglobulin) that precipitates at low temperatures: Cryoglobulin is an abnormal blood protein that has the unusual properties of precipitating from the blood serum when it is chilled (hence the "cryo-") and redissolving when it is rewarmed. Cryoglobulins are gamma globulins with a molecular weight of approximately 200,000.

Cryoglobulins can cause problems by causing the blood to be abnormally "thick" which increases the risk of blood clots forming in the brain (stroke), eyes, and heart.

Cryoglobulins are also associated with inflammation of blood vessels (vasculitis) which increases the risk of blockage of arteries.

Cryoglobulins are a key part of a condition called essential mixed cryoglobulinemia. Cryoglobulins can also accompany diseases such as multiple myeloma, dermatomyositis, and lymphoma.

Sometimes small amounts of cryoglobulin are discovered by accident in the laboratory in a serum sample from someone with no apparent symptoms.

In medicine, the presence of abnormal quantities of cryoglobulin in the blood plasma that causes gelling at low temperatures: When blood contains an overabundance of proteins that become insoluble at low temperatures, a condition of cryoglobulinemia exists.

Cryoglobulins are abnormal proteins that by definition have the unusual property of precipitating from the serum specimen in the laboratory when it is chilled and redissolving into the serum upon rewarming.

Cryoglobulins may or may not be causing disease. Cryoglobulins can accompany another condition (such as dermatomyositis, multiple myeloma, or lymphoma) or be an isolated condition themselves, called cryoglobulinemia.

A situation of having cold blood: Some animals that thrive in a condition of cryohemia include insects, amphibians, and worms.

Relating to the state of being cold-blooded: Some cryohemic animals are fish, reptiles, and ticks.

A blend of ice and a salt combined in a proportion designed to have the lowest possible melting point: A cryohydrate is an eutectic mixture, especially one having water as one of its constituents.

In surgery, the destruction of hypophysis by the application of extreme cold: In medical school, Jeff learned about cryohypophysectomy as a method used in operations to eradicate the pituitary gland by using a very cold technique.

The hypophysis is a pituitary gland which is a small oval shaped endocrine gland situated at the base of the brain in the fossa (depression) of the sphenoid bone.

The overall role of the hypophysis pituitary gland is to regulate growth and metabolism. The gland is divided into the posterior and anterior pituitary, each responsible for the production of its own unique hormones.

A therapeutic process that includes the application of externally cold therapy to an area and which is followed with a full passive range of movements: Dr. Jameson suggested to Mrs. Thompson that cryokinetics, a combination of a a cold therapy with exercise, would be good to alleviate her disorder.

1. The cooling of an area in order to injure or to destroy it: Jenny learned that cryolesion was done for therapeutic reasons.
2. A lesion (injury, wound, or infected patch in a skin disease) produced by exposure to cold: Dr. Smith told Lynn that she had a condition of cryolesion caused by frosbite.

A mineral composed of a fluoride of sodium and aluminum: Cryolite, found in Greenland, has an icy appearance and is used in a molten state in the electrolytic production of aluminum.

In hydrology, the study of the nature, structure, and development of underground ice: While studying geocryology, George took a class in cryolithology and learned about ice below ground in permafrost regions.

1. In hydrology, the scientific study of snow and ice: Susan loved the winter season with lots of snow, so she decided to study cryology and learn as much as possible about extreme winter percipitation.
2. In mechanical engineering, the study and research of refrigeration at low temperatures ranging down to absolute zero: Susan's father worked as a scientist in the field of cryology which helped many firms in producing ice chests and cooling elements.