cryonics
[krahy-on-iks]
- the deep-freezing of human bodies at death for preservation and possible revival in the future; cryostasis(def 1).
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Ira Glass came to me over a year ago with a project first reported on This American Life about the first cryonics freezing.
cryonics
- (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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