CRYONICS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

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

Example:

cryonics is more science fiction than serious science

Classified under:

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("cryonics" is a kind of...):

cryobiology (the branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms)

Derivation:

cryonic (of or relating to cryonics)

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