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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. 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;
- Example: "cryonics is more science fiction than serious science"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

cryonics
    n 1: 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; "cryonics is more science fiction than
         serious science"