Cryonics
WordNet
noun
(1) 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"
WiktionaryText
Noun
cryonics
- the cryopreservation of a person with medical needs that cannot be met by available medicine until resuscitation and healing by future medicine is possible.