Definition of Cryptal

1. a. Of or pertaining to crypts.

Definition of Cryptal

1. Adjective. (anatomy) Of or pertaining to crypts (small pits or cavities in the body). ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Cryptal

1. crypt [adj] - See also: crypt

Lexicographical Neighbors of Cryptal

cryotrons
cryoturbation
cryoturbations
cryoultramicrotomy
cryovial
cryovolcanic
cryovolcanism
cryovolcano
cryovolcanoes
cryovolcanos
crypsis
crypt
crypt abscesses
crypta
crypta tonsillaris
cryptal (current term)
cryptanalyses
cryptanalysis
cryptanalyst
cryptanalysts
cryptanalytic
cryptanalytical
cryptanalytics
cryptand
cryptands
cryptarithm
cryptarithmic
cryptarithms
cryptate
cryptates

Literary usage of Cryptal

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diseases of the nose, throat and ear by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"It is probably due to the fact that the cryptal epithelium has become an impact protective barrier that a more noticeable reaction is not a common result. ..."

2. Transactions of the Annual Meeting of the American Laryngological Association by American Laryngological Association (1917)
"... to quote from the experience of George B. Wood, (3) "Experimental work has shown that the tubercle bacilli can pass through the unaltered cryptal ..."

3. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat: A Manual for Students and Practitioners by William Lincoln Ballenger, Howard Charles Ballenger, Adolphus George Wippern (1917)
"The horny mass is growing from a comparatively small area of the cryptal epithelium, and the plug shows the ordinary fraying of its edges: a, ..."

4. Report by Henry Phipps Institute (1908)
"Tonsils were small, containing few follicles, and the cryptal epithelium ... The cryptal epithelium was slightly infiltrated, and that only in a few places. ..."

5. Diseases of the Nose, Throat and Ear, Medical and Surgical by William Lincoln Ballenger (1911)
"It is probably due to the fact that the cryptal epithelium has become an impact protective barrier that a more noticeable reaction is not a common result. ..."

6. Paris and Environs, with Routes from London to Paris: With Routes from by Karl Baedeker (Firm) (1896)
"... -cryptal crucifix mounted in silver gilt, of * the 15th cent.; painted reliquary of the 13th cent., in imitation of Byzantine works ; ciborium of the ..."

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