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cryoprotection, n.|ˌkraɪəʊprəˈtɛkʃən|
[f. cryo- + protection n.]
Protection against damage when the temperature, esp. of biological material, falls below freezing; the action of a cryoprotectant.
1967Cryobiology III. 336/2 The mechanism of cryoprotection afforded by chemical agents is still to be fully elucidated. 1986Cryo-Lett. VII. 208 The overwintering success of some cold hardy trees can now be explained by the natural cryoprotection obtained from intracellular vitrification.
So cryoproˈtect v. trans., to protect against damage caused by freezing temperatures; cryoproˈtected, cryoproˈtecting ppl. adjs.
1974Cryobiology XI. 70/1 Such an approach may bear fruit in trying to cryoprotect platelets or neutrophiles. 1976Ibid. XIII. 31 (heading) Enzyme activity of cryoprotected myocardium. 1977Planta CXXXVII. 195/1 Production of cryoprotecting compounds was suggested by a significant higher stability against NaCl observed with class C chloroplasts isolated from frost hardened needles as compared to that of plastids from frost labile material. 1980Nature 3 Jan. 14/1 Freeze-fracture replicas of eggs fixed with glutaraldehyde and cryoprotected with glycerol before freezing. |