cryonics

Noun cryonics has 1 sense

• cryonics(n = noun.cognition) - 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"
is a kind of cryobiology
Derived form adjective cryonic₁