crypto

1. (informal, cryptocurrencies) Clipping of cryptocurrencyExamples: "Nigeria—the world's second-largest Bitcoin market after the United States—has banned the trading of cryptocurrencies. It's triggered anger among Nigerians who see cryptos as a safe haven in a battered economy."; "Some Turks have turned to crypto as a way to protect their savings from skyrocketing inflation and the weakening of its currency, the lira."; "But to state and federal regulators and some members of Congress, the entry of crypto into banking is cause for alarm."abbreviationalt-ofclippingcountableinformaluncountable

2. (uncountable, informal) Clipping of cryptographyExamples: "BTW, Turing's test ideas had a lot of influence (so my crypto friends tell me) on various notions in Cryptography and Complexity such as interactive proofs and zero-knowledge protocols."; "The CIA is also very into crypto (which makes sense, as they are the home of spy versus spy), […]"abbreviationalt-ofclippinginformaluncountable

3. (informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptococcusabbreviationalt-ofclippingcountableinformaluncountable

4. (informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptococcosisabbreviationalt-ofclippingcountableinformaluncountable

5. (informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptosporidiumabbreviationalt-ofclippingcountableinformaluncountable

6. (informal, pathology) Clipping of cryptosporidiosisExamples: "With immune system damage come the infections associated with AIDS: PCP, MAC, toxoplasmosis, crypto, meningitis, thrush, lymphomas, CM, fungal infections, and many others."abbreviationalt-ofclippingcountableinformaluncountable