CRYONICS


Meaning of CRYONICS in English

/ kraɪˈɒnɪks; NAmE -ɑːn-/ noun

[ U ] ( medical ) the process of freezing a body at the moment of its death with the hope that it will be brought back to life at some future time

—compare cryogenics

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WORD ORIGIN

1960s: contraction of cryogenics .

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