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adj
Especially of certain bacteria: capable of living at relatively low temperature.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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Synonyms: cryophilic, cryophilous
Antonyms: cold-sensitive, cryosensitive, psychrosensitive
History
From psychro- + -philic.
Across languages
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
