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title: "Cryo"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryo"
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category: "reference"
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tags: "science, encyclopedia"
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date_saved: "2026-05-05T11:09:14.071820+00:00"
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Cryo- is from the Ancient Greek κρύος (krúos, “ice, icy cold, chill, frost”). Uses of the prefix Cryo- include:
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== Physics and geology ==
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Cryogenics, the study of the production and behaviour of materials at very low temperatures and the study of producing extremely low temperatures
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Cryoelectronics, the study of superconductivity under cryogenic conditions and its applications
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Cryosphere, those portions of Earth's surface where water ice naturally occurs
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Cryotron, a switch that uses superconductivity
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Cryovolcano, a type of volcano that erupts volatiles instead of molten rock
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== Biology and medicine ==
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Cryobiology, the branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living things
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Cryonics, the low-temperature preservation of people who cannot be sustained by contemporary medicine
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Cryoprecipitate, a blood-derived protein product used to treat some bleeding disorders
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Cryotherapy, medical treatment using cold
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Cryoablation, tissue removal using cold
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Cryosurgery, surgery using cold
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Cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), a technique that fires beams of electrons at proteins that have been frozen in solution, to deduce the biomolecules’ structure
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== Other uses ==
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Cryo Interactive, a video game company
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Cryos, a planet in the video game Darkspore
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"Cryo", a song from the album R Plus Seven by Oneohtrix Point Never
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== See also ==
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All pages with titles beginning with Cryo
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Kryo, a brand of CPUs by Qualcomm |