cryostasis

[ krahy-oh-stey-sis, ‐stas-is ]

noun
  1. the deep-freezing of human bodies or other organisms at death; cryonics.

  2. the state of being in such a deep-freeze: a man held in cryostasis for 50 years.

Origin of cryostasis

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