Definition of "biostasis" [biostasis]

• The ability of an organism to tolerate environmental changes without actively adapting to them. (noun)
• Cryonics (noun)

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• "After Williams died in 2002, one of his sons and a daughter decided to have his remains frozen cryonically, saying that they and Williams had agreed to put him into a condition called biostasis."
• "Not if you can slow down metabolism "biostasis", something we're getting better at already."
• "Of course even in this future age of brain taping, biostasis and soma augmentation, death may still come involutarily."