Cryobank
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cryobank is a noun meaning A biobank where cryogenically preserved material is stored.
Meaning
A biobank where cryogenically preserved material is stored.
More Meanings
- (transitive) To store in such a biobank.
Example Sentences
In the early 1970s, the first cryobanks, largely run by men, opened in the United States, offering frozen sperm from anonymous donors (often college students), mostly to infertile couples.
Word Forms
- cryobanks
- cryobanking
- cryobanked
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include biobanking, biofreezer, biobank, biobanker, cryobiologist, biorepository.
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