cryopreservation.

Preservation of biological material at very low temperatures to limit deterioration.

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Words that belong together

• cell cryopreservation
• tissue cryopreservation

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Cryopreservation kept the cell samples viable during transport.

Usage notes

Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Usually uncountable; no ordinary plural in this sense. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, technology. Commonness: uncommon.