Usually means: Prefers or thrives in cold.
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General (8 matching dictionaries)
  1. cryophilic: Merriam-Webster
  2. cryophilic: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. cryophilic: Collins English Dictionary
  4. cryophilic: Wiktionary
  5. cryophilic: Dictionary.com
  6. Cryophilic: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. cryophilic: TheFreeDictionary.com
  8. cryophilic: Infoplease Dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. cryophilic: Encyclopedia

Medicine (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. cryophilic: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary (No longer online)
  3. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  4. cryophilic: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  (microbiology) growing best at low temperatures, typically below 10 degrees Celsius

Similar:
psychrophilic, psychrotrophic, mesophilic, psychotrophic, thermophilic, thermophillic, piezopsychrophilic, acidothermophilic, scotophilic, aerophilic, more...

Opposite:
thermophilic, heat-loving, warm-loving

Types:
bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, animals, more...

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Similar:
psychrophilic, psychrotrophic, mesophilic, psychotrophic, thermophilic, thermophillic, piezopsychrophilic, acidothermophilic, scotophilic, aerophilic, more...

Opposite:
thermophilic, heat-loving, warm-loving

Types:
bacteria, fungi, algae, plants, animals, more...



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