MEANING
A substance used to cool something to extremely low temperatures.
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- liquid cryogen
- cryogen supply
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The cryogen supply fell below the level needed to preserve the samples.
A valve released liquid cryogen into the insulated line.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular cryogen; plural cryogens. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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