Cryonics

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The process of freezing and storing the body of a diseased, recently deceased person to prevent tissue decomposition so that at some future time the person might be brought back to life upon development of new medical cures.
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  • n. The cryopreservation of a person with medical needs that cannot be met by available medicine until resuscitation and healing by future medicine is possible.
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  • n. 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
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    cryobiology   
    Cross Reference
    cryogenics   
    Form
    cryonic   
     
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