cryostasisn.
/ˌkrʌɪə(ʊ)ˈsteɪsɪs/, U.S. /ˌkraɪoʊˈsteɪsəs/ Chiefly Science Fiction.
A frozen state of a person or body induced in order to preserve it for long periods; cryosuspension. Frequently in in cryostasis. Cf. cryonics n.
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1975 ‘J. Tiptree’ in R. Silverberg New Atlantis 103 Ninety percent viability after ten year cryostasis... We are ready for that planet.
1987 Mag. Fantasy & Sci. Fiction Aug. 95/2 (advt.) Save your life through cryostasis. Frozen after clinical death, you may be revived & rejuvenated by future technology.
1994 Daily Tel. 1 Aug. 13/2 The first man was frozen in America in 1967 and about 30 dead fellow countrymen are currently suspended in ‘cryostasis’.
1999 M. McArthur Time Future 48 If the survivors managed to get through the transition from cryostasis to normal time, we'd have a lot of questions for them.
2007 T. Patione Red Moon xxix. 220 He instructed David to change the phone number six months after he was in cryostasis.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2011; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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