Usually means: Substance preventing cell damage from freezing.
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General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. cryoprotectant: Merriam-Webster
  2. cryoprotectant: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. cryoprotectant: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. cryoprotectant: Collins English Dictionary
  5. cryoprotectant: Wordnik
  6. cryoprotectant: Wiktionary
  7. cryoprotectant: Dictionary.com
  8. Cryoprotectant: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  9. cryoprotectant: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. cryoprotectant: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. Cryoprotectant: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. cryoprotectant: Medical dictionary
  5. Cryoprotectant: Drug Medical Dictionary

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  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)

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  1. Washington State Definitions and Abbreviations of Vetrinary Terms (No longer online)

(Note: See cryoprotective as well.)

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noun:  (biology) Any substance (typically a polyhydric alcohol) that prevents cell damage on freezing

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