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Cryo- is from the Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “ice, icy cold, chill, frost”). Uses of the prefix Cryo- include:
== Physics and geology == Cryogenics, the study of the production and behaviour of materials at very low temperatures and the study of producing extremely low temperatures Cryoelectronics, the study of superconductivity under cryogenic conditions and its applications Cryosphere, those portions of Earth's surface where water ice naturally occurs Cryotron, a switch that uses superconductivity Cryovolcano, a type of volcano that erupts volatiles instead of molten rock
== Biology and medicine == Cryobiology, the branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living things Cryonics, the low-temperature preservation of people who cannot be sustained by contemporary medicine Cryoprecipitate, a blood-derived protein product used to treat some bleeding disorders Cryotherapy, medical treatment using cold Cryoablation, tissue removal using cold Cryosurgery, surgery using cold Cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), a technique that fires beams of electrons at proteins that have been frozen in solution, to deduce the biomolecules’ structure
== Other uses == Cryo Interactive, a video game company Cryos, a planet in the video game Darkspore "Cryo", a song from the album R Plus Seven by Oneohtrix Point Never
== See also == All pages with titles beginning with Cryo Kryo, a brand of CPUs by Qualcomm