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Cryogenics

Entry updated 29 May 2023. Tagged: Theme.

From a Greek root meaning "cold-producing", this word is used in Physics to mean the production of extremely low temperatures and the study of phenomena at those temperatures. The shorter word Cryonics was more commonly used in sf Terminology when – as is usual – it is people or other living organic materials that are frozen. This short version has since been adopted for real-world freezing of corpses in hope of future revival from Suspended Animation. [PN]

see also: Corpsicle.

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