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"
Cryonics (from Greek κρ?ο? kryos- meaning icy cold), sometimes incorrectly labelled as Cryogenics, is the low-temperature preservation of humans and animals who cannot be sustained by contemporary medicine, with the hope that healing and [may be possible in the future. It is viewed as a pseudoscientific] procedure by mainstream scientists and doctors.
例句与用法
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Cryonics is slowly starting to 1 ) catch on 人体冷冻已慢慢流行起来。
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You mean freezing people , cryonics 你是说冷冻人体,人体冷冻法?
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What was i thinking of , picking a wacky subject like cryonics 我当初到底是怎么想的? ?竟然挑了一个人体冷冻术这样的古怪话题?
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Only time will tell if cryonics is true science or a complete waste of money 唯有时间才能确定人体冷冻是真正的科学还是纯粹浪费钱。
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The first question appears on my computer ' s screen . my judge laboriously types : " what is the difference between cryonics and cryogenics ? 第一个问题出现在我的计算机屏幕上。与我讨论的鉴定人员费神(用计算机键盘)打出如下问题: "人体冷冻术与低温学之间的区别是什么?