List of fictional characters frozen in cryogenic freeze

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[edit] Clarification

Cryonics is often mistakenly called cryogenics. Note the correct distinctions given below. Also, it is a mistake to refer to cryonics cryopreservation as "freezing" because currently cryonics patients are more often vitrified rather than frozen.

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Cryogenics
The branch of physics (or engineering) that studies very low temperatures (or the production of very low temperatures). People often mistakenly say "cryogenics" when they really mean "cryonics".
Cryobiology
The branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on organisms (most often for the purpose of achieving cryopreservation).
Cryonics
Cryonics is the nascent technology of cryopreserving humans and animals with the intention of future revival. Unlike cryogenics and cryobiology, cryonics is not an established science and is viewed with skepticism by most scientists and doctors today (although there are many scientists involved in cryonics[1]). As a technology, cryonics seeks to apply the results of many sciences, including cryobiology, cryogenics, rheology, emergency medicine, etc.

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