biostasis

K. Eric Drexler's looking past suspended animation in 1986 - suspension of all biological activity by infusing the patient with cryoprotective chemicals and freezing or vitrifying (cryonic suspension) or by chemically bonding cellular components in place.

- return to the Transhumanist Terminology metanode

The ability of an organism to tolerate changes in its environment (e.g., temperature, salinity, light, food availability) without having to adapt to them.

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From the BioTech Dictionary at http://biotech.icmb.utexas.edu/. For further information see the BioTech homenode.