noun
- the practice of freezing the bodies of people who have died from disease in hopes that future medical technology might revive them and cure their illnesses
Usage: uncountable noun; scientific/medical field; controversial practice
Examples
- Some people have signed up for cryonics in the hope of being revived in the future.
- Cryonics remains highly speculative and is not accepted by mainstream medicine.
- The cryonics facility stores bodies at extremely low temperatures.
- Critics argue that cryonics is more science fiction than science.
- Cryonics procedures are expensive and require careful planning.