CRYOHYDRATE

Etymology

Noun

cryohydrate (plural cryohydrates)

(chemistry) Any salt that forms crystals containing water of crystallization only at low temperatures

Source: Wiktionary

Cry`o*hy"drate (kr`-h"drt), n. Etym: [Gr. hydrate.] (Chem.)

Definition: A substance, as salt, ammonium chloride, etc., which crystallizes with water of crystallization only at low temperatures, or below the freezing point of water. F. Guthrie.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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