cryoscopy

American  

[krahy-os-kuh-pee] / kraɪˈɒs kə pi /

noun

plural

cryoscopies

1. Chemistry. a technique for determining the molecular weight of a substance by dissolving it and measuring the freezing point of the solution.

2. Medicine/Medical. the determination of the freezing points of certain bodily fluids, as urine, for diagnosis.

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cryoscopy British  

/ kraɪˈɒskəpɪ, ˌkraɪəˈskɒpɪk /

noun

1. the determination of freezing points, esp for the determination of molecular weights by measuring the lowering of the freezing point of a solvent when a known quantity of solute is added

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Other Word Forms

• cryoscopic
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of cryoscopy

First recorded in 1895–1900; cryo- + -scopy

Example Sentences

The laws of cryoscopy, of tonometry, and of osmosis thus again become strict, and no exception to them remains.

From The New Physics and Its Evolution by Poincaré, Lucien

Organic liquids are easily altered and are extremely sensible to minute differences of temperature, cryoscopy therefore gives us no information as to the constitution of solutions under normal conditions.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

The method of cryoscopy is also of considerable service in forensic medicine.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

Thus Bouchard has been able to determine by means of cryoscopy the mean molecular weight of the substances eliminated by the urine.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane

As shown by Carrara, the cryoscopy of the blood is an important aid in determining the question whether a body found in the water was thrown in before or after death.

From The Mechanism of Life by Leduc, Stéphane