Cry-ōph'o-rūs, n.

noun

(krī-of'o-rūs), n. [Fr. cryophore, from Gr. κρύος, icy cold, frost, and φέρειν, to bear.] (Chem.) An instrument contrived by Dr. Wollaston for freezing water by its own evaporation. The water is in one of the bulbs, and freezes when the other is cooled below 32° Fahr.

A cryophorus consisting of two glass bulbs connected by a curved tube. — Cryophorus.