cryofixation

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

cryo- +‎ fixation

Noun[edit]

cryofixation (countable and uncountable, plural cryofixations)

  1. (biology) The freezing of a specimen, typically by immersion in liquid nitrogen, in order to fix it

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