cryonics
the deep-freezing of human bodies at death for preservation and possible revival in the future; cryostasis (def. 1).
Origin of cryonics
1Other words from cryonics
- cry·on·ic, adjective
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How to use cryonics in a sentence
Just a year after Drake came on board as research director of the Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute, the subsidiary of the Yinfeng Biological Group overseeing the cryonics program, the institute performed its first cryopreservation.
Why the sci-fi dream of cryonics never died | Laurie Clarke | October 14, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewIra Glass came to me over a year ago with a project first reported on This American Life about the first cryonics freezing.
British Dictionary definitions for cryonics
/ (kraɪˈɒnɪks) /
(functioning as singular) the practice of freezing a human corpse in the hope of restoring it to life in the future
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