cry·on·ics (kr - n  ks)n. (used with a sing. verb) 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. cry·on ic adj. |
cryonics [kraɪˈɒnɪks]
n
(Medicine) (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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| Noun | 1. | cryonics - 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" cryobiology - the branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms |
Translations
cryonics [kraɪˈɒnɪks] N → criogenética f
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