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cryonaut

American

[krahy-uh-nawt] / ˈkraɪ əˌnɔt /

noun

a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.

Etymology

Origin of cryonaut

First recorded in 1965–70; cryo- + Greek naútēs “sailor,” on the model of astronaut

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