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CRYOBIOLOGY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents
Hypernyms ("cryobiology" is a kind of...):
biological science; biology (the science that studies living organisms)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "cryobiology"):
cryonics (the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life)
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