cryptogamy (krip-tog'am-e)

The state of being fication.cryptogamous. 2. Concealed fructicryptogenetic scure or hidden(krip-to-jen-et'ik). 'Of oborigin, as with infections in which the atrium of infection has escaped detection. [Gr., kryptos, concealed, + gennan, to produce.] crypto menorrhea (krip"to-men-o-re'ah) Absence of the monthly flow due to. atresia of the hymen or of the vagina. Retention of the menses is a more accurate definition. [Gr., kryptos, concealed, + meniaia, menses, + rein, to flow.] crypt ophthalmia A congenital defect (krip"tof-thal'me-ah) in which the globe. of the eye is hidden by the skin, which stretches acro the orbit without any aperture. In some cases of c. the orbits have been absent or partly developed. [Gr.,eye.] the kryptos, concealed, + ophthalmos, crypto pin, crypto pian in (krip'to-pin, krip-to-pi'an-in). An alkaloid, C21H23- NOs, existing in small amounts in opium. [Gr., kryptos, concealed, + opion, opium.]