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cryonics

cryo·nics

UK/kɹaɪˈɒnɪks/ US/ˌkraɪˈɔnɪks/ uncommon

noun

1.

the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing; the body is preserved until new medical cures are developed that might bring the person back to life

  • “cryonics is more science fiction than serious science”

Origin

From cryo- + -n- + -ics.

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