Cryosleep

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep. uncountable

    "“Constantly shifting positions and priorities. Outright deception. And behind it all, the possibility we'll be hit again by this Scourge. Despite all that, their solution is for us to return to cryo. Just take a little nap and all our problems will go away.”[…] What had Calix and his team become? This was no simple protest. His speech had implied as much. To resist the order to return to cryo-sleep, by definition it made these people a resistance."

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coldsleepcoldsleep

Example

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"Gabriel was placed in cryosleep."

Etymology

From cryo- + sleep.

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