| NOUN | cognition | cryonics | the freezing of a seriously ill or recently deceased person to stop tissues from decomposing |
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| Meaning | 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. | |
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| Example | "cryonics is more science fiction than serious science" | |
| Broader | cryobiology | The branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms |
| Spanish | criónica | |
| Catalan | criónica | |
| Adjectives | cryonic | of or relating to cryonics |
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