cryostasis n.

a frozen state of a person or body induced in order to preserve it for long periods; cryosuspension n.

Frequently in in cryostasis.

  • 1975 β€˜J. Tiptree, Jr.’ Momentary Taste of Being in R. Silverberg The New Atlantis 101 page image James Tiptree, Jr. bibliography

    Ninety percent viability after ten-year cryostasis… We are ready for that planet.

  • 1987 Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction Aug. 95 (advt.) page image

    Save your life through cryostasis Frozen after clinical death, you may be revived & rejuvenated by future technology.

  • 1993 J. Brunner Muddle Earth 12 page image John Brunner bibliography

    The bulky man stumped toward the three in black, leering. β€˜I told you: he faked his death and cryostasis!’

  • 1998 W. Shatner et al. Spectre viii. 84 William Shatner bibliography

    Seven are in cryostasis awaiting burial.

  • 2001 N. Asher The Sea of Death in Interzone (#169) July 41/2 page image Neal Asher bibliography

    We found decayed bodies in thick frozen brine and thought it was cryostasis gone wrong.

  • 2007 T. Patione Red Moon xxix. 220

    He instructed David to change the phone number six months after he was in cryostasis.

  • 2016 Starburst (#429) Oct. 117/2 page image

    You play as Corus Valott, a man awakening from cryostasis only to find his world in ruins.

Research requirements

antedating 1975
Earliest cite

"James Tiptree"
Research History
Suggested by Randy Hoffman, 1/10/02.

Added to OED in June 2011.

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