cryobiology

English Thesaurus

1. the branch of biology that studies the effects of low temperatures on living tissues or organs or organisms (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	biological science, biology,
definition	:	the science that studies living organisms (noun.cognition)

hyponym	:	cryonics,
definition	:	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 (noun.cognition)