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A substance used to reduce damage caused by freezing, especially in biological material.
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- cryoprotectant solution
- add a cryoprotectant
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The technician added a cryoprotectant before lowering the chamber's temperature.
The cryoprotectant solution protected the cells but could harm them at excessive concentration.
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Primary category: sci-fi. Forms: Singular cryoprotectant; plural cryoprotectants. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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