cryoscopy

cryoscopy
The determination of the freezing point of a fluid, usually blood or urine, compared with that of distilled water. SYN: algoscopy. [cryo- + G. skopeo, to examine]

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cry·os·co·py krī-'äs-kə-pē n, pl -pies the determination of the lowered freezing points produced in liquid by dissolved substances in order to find the molecular weights of solutes and various properties of solutions
cryo·scop·ic .krī-ə-'skäp-ik adj

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cry·os·co·py (kri-osґkə-pe) [cryo- + -scopy] examination of liquids, based on the principle that the freezing point of solutions varies according to the amount and the nature of the solute. cryoscopic adj

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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