cryonics

• Практика заморозки тяжелобольного или недавно умершего человека для предотвращения разложения тканей в надежде, что будущие медицинские достижения позволят оживить его.

A noun referring to the practice of freezing a seriously ill or recently deceased person to prevent tissue decomposition, with the hope that future medical advances may allow revival.

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1. Cryopreservation of humansC1formalscientific

   The practice of freezing a person who is critically ill or has recently died, in order to prevent tissue decay, with the hope that future medical advances may allow revival.

   Крионика

   • Some wealthy individuals have signed up for cryonics after death.
   • The cryonics facility stores bodies in liquid nitrogen at very low temperatures.
   • Critics argue that cryonics is more science fiction than science.