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cryonics [krī·on′iks] Etymology: Gk, kryos, cold the techniques in which cold is applied for a variety of therapeutic goals, including brief local anesthesia, destruction of superficial skin lesions, and preservation of cells, tissue, organs, or the entire body. cryonic, adj. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The science is called nanotechnology, and Merkle argues it could help bring cryonically frozen bodies back to life. Scores of people have chosen to have either their full bodies or just their heads cryonically "suspended. The gruesome final scene of Paul Davids' ``Timothy Leary's Dead'' shows surgeons in a hospital room removing Leary's head from his body and placing it in a glass-covered cabinet to be frozen cryonically. |
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