Definitions

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

Etymologies

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bio- +‎ stasis

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Examples

  • 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.

    Baseball slugger Ted Williams to be honored with stamp Reuters 2011

  • 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.

    Baseball slugger Ted Williams to be honored with stamp Reuters 2011

  • Not if you can slow down metabolism "biostasis", something we're getting better at already.

    Posthuman Blues Mac 2007

  • Which made savants perfect stewards of starships outbound to 47 Ursae Majoris; they remained awake while everyone else lay in a dreamless coma within their biostasis cells.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • Nearly a week had gone past since he had been revived from biostasis; during this time, the internal gravity induced by the_ Spirit'_s Millis-Clement field had been gradually increased to. 68g to match Coyote's surface gravity, yet he still felt sluggish, perpetually off-balance.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • Of course even in this future age of brain taping, biostasis and soma augmentation, death may still come involutarily.

    The Speculist: Death Still Sucks 2004

  • Of course even in this future age of brain taping, biostasis and soma augmentation, death may still come involutarily.

    The Speculist: January 2005 Archives 2004

  • It would be worth spending forty-nine years in biostasis for the simple pleasure of feeling unfiltered sunlight against his face, grass beneath his feet.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • Everything looked much the same as he'd left it, down to the empty hardsuits stowed in their apertures and the fungal growth they'd discovered on the consoles shortly after they'd awoken from biostasis.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

  • More would join them before the last shuttle lifted off early the next morning, but Baptiste had assured him that the _Spirit_ had enough biostasis cells to accommodate everyone who wanted to return to Earth.

    Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

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