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cryopod

noun
/ˈkraɪ.oʊˌpɒd/

Etymology

From cryo + pod.

  1. derived from *baiteh₂-✻ — “woolen clothes”
  2. inherited from *paidō✻ — “coat, smock, shirt”
  3. inherited from *paidu✻
  4. inherited from pād — “an outer garment, covering, coat, cloak”
  5. inherited from *pod✻
  6. formed as cryopod — “cryo + pod”

Definitions

  1. A sealed pod or chamber used to preserve a living organism, usually a human, in a state…

    A sealed pod or chamber used to preserve a living organism, usually a human, in a state of suspended animation or cryosleep at extremely low temperatures.

    • These loads include 10 external cryopod pumps, …
    • He glanced at the scan display. The contact resolved into a clearer image: definitely a UNSC cryopod.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cryopod. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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