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单词 cryonics
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Definition of cryonics in English:

cryonics

plural noun krʌɪˈɒnɪkskraɪˈɑnɪks
  • treated as singular The practice or technique of deep-freezing the bodies of people who have just died, in the hope that scientific advances may allow them to be revived in the future.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • We know cryonics is the nutcase science of hyperfreezing cadavers in hopes that someday there will be a way to bring the dead to life.
    • Or perhaps I would like to see a prize awarded for research in cryonics.
    • An international science magazine is offering one reader the chance to win another life, through a competition offering a prize of cryonics treatment.
    • I'm lining up a cryonics team that will be there as soon as I'm declared dead.
    • I still believe that's true, but it seems the day might come when cryonics is medically prudent.
    • Great title aside, the article is an interesting history of the resuscitation of those with ambiguous mortality, from mouth-to-mouth to cryonics.
    • But as a scientist, I know quite a few such people: Extropeans, folks associated with the Foresight Institute, cypherpunks, fans of cryonics, and so on.
    • They have been entertained mostly by the sort of people who think investing in cryonics is a sensible way to achieve immortality.
    • Most of them live in California, their passions are life extension, body sculpting, cryonics, smart drinks, funny handshakes, and a new philosophy they call ‘transhumanism’.
    • Cryonicists divide the world into two groups, those who are experimenting with cryonics by being frozen vs. those who just die and are buried.
    • I am reminded of cryonics companies, which you pay to keep your body frozen in a tank of liquid nitrogen forever.
    • Have yourself frozen by cryonics, a near death experience that should settle once and for all any doubts about the afterlife.

Derivatives

  • cryonic

  • adjective
    • So last night, over my Red Chicken Curry, I was verbally assailed by the diner to my left, who stated that cryonic freezing as a parachute option in the event of one's own death was ‘arrogant’.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • Each performer may stand poker faced and fixed to the spot to emulate the cryonic delivery of their musical forefathers, but also more worryingly, because the option of perspiration to them seems abhorrent.
      • We also realize that the idea of cryonic preservation is not for everyone, either because people may not believe it could work or because they may be opposed to it on religious grounds.
  • cryonically

  • adverb
    • And the other part of it is the idea that we can be cryonically suspended and then re-resurrected.
      Example sentencesExamples
      • It was cryonically frozen at negative 320 degrees.
      • Scores of people have chosen to have either their full bodies or just their heads cryonically "suspended."
      • They have indeed sent his body to a place out in Arizona, where he is being cryonically preserved.
      • With Galen's assistance, they discover an entire race cryonically frozen underground.

Origin

1960s: contraction of cryogenics.

 
 

Definition of cryonics in US English:

cryonics

plural nounkrīˈänikskraɪˈɑnɪks
  • treated as singular The practice or technique of deep-freezing the bodies of people who have just died, in the hope that scientific advances may allow them to be revived in the future.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Have yourself frozen by cryonics, a near death experience that should settle once and for all any doubts about the afterlife.
    • They have been entertained mostly by the sort of people who think investing in cryonics is a sensible way to achieve immortality.
    • I am reminded of cryonics companies, which you pay to keep your body frozen in a tank of liquid nitrogen forever.
    • We know cryonics is the nutcase science of hyperfreezing cadavers in hopes that someday there will be a way to bring the dead to life.
    • Great title aside, the article is an interesting history of the resuscitation of those with ambiguous mortality, from mouth-to-mouth to cryonics.
    • An international science magazine is offering one reader the chance to win another life, through a competition offering a prize of cryonics treatment.
    • I still believe that's true, but it seems the day might come when cryonics is medically prudent.
    • But as a scientist, I know quite a few such people: Extropeans, folks associated with the Foresight Institute, cypherpunks, fans of cryonics, and so on.
    • Or perhaps I would like to see a prize awarded for research in cryonics.
    • I'm lining up a cryonics team that will be there as soon as I'm declared dead.
    • Cryonicists divide the world into two groups, those who are experimenting with cryonics by being frozen vs. those who just die and are buried.
    • Most of them live in California, their passions are life extension, body sculpting, cryonics, smart drinks, funny handshakes, and a new philosophy they call ‘transhumanism’.

Origin

1960s: contraction of cryogenics.

 
 
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