cry·on·ics | \ krī-ˈä-niks 
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\Definition of cryonics
: the practice of freezing a person who has died of a disease in hopes of restoring life at some future time when a cure for the disease has been developed
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cryonics
nounEnglish Language Learners Definition of cryonics
medical : a procedure in which a person's body is frozen just after he or she has died so that the body can be restored if a cure for the cause of death is found
cryonics
noun plural but usually singular in constructioncry·on·ics | \ krī-ˈän-iks \
\Medical Definition of cryonics
: the practice of freezing the body of a person who has died from a disease in hopes of restoring life at some future time when a cure for the disease has been developed
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cryonic \ -ik \ adjective
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The first known use of cryonics was in 1966
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