noun
- Facilities or repositories that store biological materials (such as blood, tissue, sperm, or eggs) at extremely low temperatures for long-term preservation.
Usage: Plural form of cryobank; Medical and scientific context; Also called biobanks or biological repositories when referring to broader specimen storage
Examples
- Cryobanks preserve human tissue samples for medical research and future therapeutic use.
- Many fertility clinics operate cryobanks to store frozen embryos and reproductive cells.
- The hospital's cryobanks maintain strict temperature controls to ensure sample viability.
- Researchers access samples from international cryobanks to study genetic diseases.
- Cord blood cryobanks store newborn stem cells that may be used in future treatments.