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Noun Concept
Categories: Pseudoscience, Articles with short description, Scientific speculation, Death customs, Fictional technology
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cryonics  cryogenic preservation  Cryogenic storage  cryogenic tube  cryogenic tubes
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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 WordNet 3.0
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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 WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
Cryonics is the low-temperature freezing and storage of human remains, with the speculative hope that resurrection may be possible in the future. Wikipedia
Experimental process of freezing a person for later resuscitation Wikipedia Disambiguation
Freezing of a human corpse Wikidata
The cryopreservation of a person with medical needs that cannot be met by available medicine until resuscitation and healing by future medicine is possible. Wiktionary
Cryopreservation. Wiktionary (translation)
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Cryonics is more science fiction than serious science WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet