cryonics

[ krahy-on-iks ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the deep-freezing of human bodies at death for preservation and possible revival in the future; cryostasis ( def 1 ).

cryonics

/ kraɪˈɒnɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular the practice of freezing a human corpse in the hope of restoring it to life in the future

Other Words From

• cry·onic adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of cryonics¹

1965–70, Americanism; cryo- + -nics, on the model of bionics, electronics, etc.

Example Sentences

Just a year after Drake came on board as research director of the Shandong Yinfeng Life Science Research Institute, the subsidiary of the Yinfeng Biological Group overseeing the cryonics program, the institute performed its first cryopreservation.

From MIT Technology Review

Ira Glass came to me over a year ago with a project first reported on This American Life about the first cryonics freezing.

From The Daily Beast