Cryonics (often mistakenly called "cryogenics") is the practice of cryopreserving humans or animals that can no longer be sustained by contemporary medicine until resuscitation may be possible in the future. The largest current practitioners are two member-owned, non-profit organizations, the Alcor Life Extension Foundation in Scottsdale, Arizona, with 74 cryopreserved patients and the Cryonics Institute in Clinton Township, Michigan with 75.

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 scienc fiction than serious science"

a branch of science that aims to develop reversible suspended animation.

The practice of freezing at extremely low temperatures the bodies of people who have died of a disease with the hope that the body might be revived and healed if a cure is discovered.

Cryonics is a 2003 Album released by Screamo/Hardcore band Hot Cross on Level Plane, featuring a total of ten tracks. It was their first full-length album and follows their 2001 debut EP A New Set of Lungs.