cryo-process

English

Alternative forms

• cryoprocess
• cryo process

Etymology

From cryo- +‎ process.

Noun

cryo-process (plural cryo-processes)

1. The process or use of cryogenic freezing.
   • 2007, Eduardo R. S. Roldan, Montserrat Gomendio, Spermatology, →ISBN:

     Sperm cells, even among taxonomically-related species, differ amazingly in response to cryoprotectant, cooling, freezing and the many osmotic stresses associated with the entire cryo-process.

   • 2013, K. D. Timmerhaus, Advances in Cryogenic Engineering, →ISBN:

     Tomato slices have an extremely high water content and sell as a premium product. The cryo-process has been utilized in this case because it has provided good texture, taste, and color in the thawed product.

   • 2015, Markku Tilli, Teruaki Motooka, Veli-Matti Airaksinen, Handbook of Silicon Based MEMS Materials and Technologies, →ISBN, page 448:

     In the cryo-process the temperature of the wafer plays an important role. Besides the capability to cool the wafer down to cryogenic temperatures, accurate water temperature control during the process is also essential because the wafer temperature directly affects the sidewall profiles.

   • 2016, William Abramovits, Gloria Graham, Yaron Har-Shai, Dermatological Cryosurgery and Cryotherapy, →ISBN, page 471:

     The ambient body temperature of the body might act as such a heat source thus preventing the injury of vital deep organs or implants underneath the cryo-process.

Verb

cryo-process (third-person singular simple present cryo-processes, present participle cryo-processing, simple past and past participle cryo-processed)

1. To subject to cryogenic freezing.
   • 1983 June, Willima E. Hawkins, John W. Fournie, Robin M. Overstreet, “Organization of sporulated oocysts of Eimeria funduli in the gulf killifish, Fundulus grandis”, in The Journal of parasitology, volume 69, number 3:

     . Tissues were cryo-processed because membranous structures in the oocyst appear to hinder routine fixation and embedment.

   • 1994, First Break - Volume 12, page 132:

     In a further test, a clay-rich water wetted sandstone sample was cryo-processed as described above.

   • 2003, American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine:

     Lungs were fixed in situ by intratracheal infusion of fixative, cryo-processed, and sectioned as described in Methods