Alcor
AmericanEtymology
Origin of Alcor
Perhaps < Arabic al-khawr the low ground
Example Sentences
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Bostrom himself wears a metal buckle around his ankle with instructions for Alcor to "take custody of his body and maintain it in a giant steel bottle flooded with liquid nitrogen" after he dies.
From Salon • Aug. 20, 2022
Alcor, which stores 184 bodies or brains, offers whole-body preservation for $200,000 and brain-only for $80,000.
From Slate • Sep. 21, 2021
Dr. Faherty said a fun test to try with your kids now once you’ve found the Big Dipper is to tell them about the stars Mizar and Alcor.
From New York Times • Oct. 29, 2020
He has also signed up with cryogenics company Alcor to be deep-frozen at the time of his death in the hope that he too can be resurrected.
From The Guardian • Jun. 30, 2017
Him: Light pollution makes naked eye stargazing suck here, but I can see all eight stars in the Big Dipper right now, if you include Alcor.
From "Turtles All the Way Down" by John Green
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