Medical Definition of Cryophylactic

1. Resistant to cold, said of certain microorganisms which are not destroyed even by freezing temperatures. Synonym: cryophylactic. Origin: crymo-+ G. Phylaxis, a guarding against (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryophylactic

cryolysis
cryometer
cryometer
cryometers
cryonic
cryonics
cryonics
cryopallidectomy
cryopathy
cryopathy
cryopexy
cryophilic
cryophilic
cryophilous
cryophobia
cryophylactic (current term)
cryophyte
cryophytes
cryoprecipitate
cryoprecipitation
cryopreservation
cryopreserve
cryopreserved
cryopreserves
cryopreserving
cryoprobe
cryoprobe
cryoprobes
cryoprostatectomy
cryoprotectant

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