Cold Definition, Prefix, Suffix, Ologies and Isms, Cold Information and Meaning
See also CLIMATE; HEAT
- algidity
- coldness. —algid, adj.
- cheimaphobia, cheimatophobia
- an abnormal fear or dislike of cold.
- cryogenics
- the branch of physics that studies the production and effects of very low temperatures. —cryogenic, adj.
- cryology
- 1. the study of snow and ice.
- 2. the science of refrigeration.
- cryometer
- a thermometer for measuring very low temperatures.
- cryometry
- the measurement of extremely low temperatures, by means of a cryometer. —cryometric, adj.
- cryophilia
- Biology. a preference for low temperatures. —cryophile, n. —cryophilic, adj.
- cryophobia
- an abnormal fear of ice or frost.
- cryoscopy
- the study of the freezing points of fluids.
- cryosurgery
- a surgical technique using freezing to destroy tissue.
- gelidity
- the state or condition of being extremely cold. —gelid, adj.
- horripilation
- the raising of the hairs on the skin as a response to cold or fear; goose bumps or goose pimples.
- lyophilization
- a process for preserving substances such as blood or serum by freeze-drying in a high vacuum.
- psychroesthesia
- an abnormal condition in which part of the body, though warm, feels cold.
- psychrophobia
- an abnormal fear of the cold.
- rhigosis
- a feeling or sensation of coldness.