Definition of cryptos:
(adj) :
Secret or covert.
(n) :
A secret supporter or follower.
(n) :
(informal, cryptocurrencies) Clipping of cryptocurrency [A digital currency based on a cryptographic system, usually having no central issuing or regulating authority.]
(n) :
(uncountable, informal) Clipping of cryptography [The discipline that embodies the principles, means, and methods for transforming data to hide its semantic content, prevent unauthorized use, or detect modifications, while also ensuring information security through confidentiality, integrity, authentication, and nonrepudiation.]
(n) :
(informal, medicine) Clipping of cryptosporidium [Any protozoan of the genus Cryptosporidium, intestinal parasites of humans and other vertebrates that can cause diarrhea and other symptoms in cases of low immunity.]
(n) :
(informal, pathology) Clipping of cryptosporidiosis [A disease affecting the intestines of mammals that is caused by cryptosporidium, a protozoan parasite.]