life extension
Delaying death's arrival
Life extension is the prolonging of human lifespan beyond typical limits, whether through medical intervention, technology, or lifestyle changes.
The term appears in discussions of anti-aging research, cryonics, and speculative futures where death becomes optional: Silicon Valley billionaires pour money into life extension research.
Life extension also names the practice of extending warranties or contracts beyond their original terms.
Person over ninety-nine
- supercentenarianSomeone past 110
- gerontologyScientific study of senescence
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
- telomeresProtective chromosome termini
blue zones · caloric restriction · epigenetics · healthspan · chronological age · biological age · octogenarian · nonagenarian
Medical DNA modification treatment
- CRISPRGene-editing molecular machinery
- telomeraseChromosome-tip lengthening enzyme
- stem cellsUndifferentiated cells with regenerative potential
- nanomedicineMolecular-level medical technology
biomarkers · cell therapy · genetic modification · pharmacogenomics · precision medicine · bioprinting · synthetic biology · metformin
Tech-augmented evolution philosophy
- singularityPoint where values explode
- cryonicsFreezing bodies for revival
- mind uploadingDigitizing a person's consciousness
- posthumanismPhilosophy questioning anthropocentric boundaries
cybernetics · nanotechnology · neural interface · digital immortality · biohacking · science fiction · exponential growth
Restoration of youthful vigor
- collagenStructural body protein
- elastinProtein enabling tissue recoil
- antioxidantsSubstances counteracting oxidative damage
- retinolTopical anti-aging compound
peptides · hyaluronic acid · skincare · wrinkles · serum · vitamin C · sunscreen · dermatology
Customary food consumption
- exerciseActivity for fitness
- nutritionBodily use of food
- fastingDeliberate food avoidance
- supplementsExtra nutritional intake
prevention · fitness · meditation · stress reduction · intermittent fasting · plant-based · holistic · functional medicine
Lasting without end
- agelessWithout apparent deterioration
- deathlessExempt from mortality
- undyingLasting without end
- everlastingLasting for all time
timeless · escape velocity · mortality · death · finitude
centenarian
Person over ninety-nine
- supercentenarianSomeone past 110
- gerontologyScientific study of senescence
- senescenceGradual functional decline with age
telomeres · blue zones · caloric restriction · epigenetics · healthspan · chronological age · biological age · octogenarian · nonagenarian · vitality
gene therapy
Medical DNA modification treatment
- CRISPRGene-editing molecular machinery
- telomeraseChromosome-tip lengthening enzyme
- stem cellsUndifferentiated cells with regenerative potential
nanomedicine · biomarkers · cell therapy · genetic modification · pharmacogenomics · precision medicine · bioprinting · synthetic biology · metformin · autophagy
transhumanism
Tech-augmented evolution philosophy
- singularityPoint where values explode
- cryonicsFreezing bodies for revival
- mind uploadingDigitizing a person's consciousness
posthumanism · cybernetics · nanotechnology · neural interface · digital immortality · biohacking · science fiction · exponential growth
rejuvenation
Restoration of youthful vigor
- collagenStructural body protein
- elastinProtein enabling tissue recoil
- antioxidantsSubstances counteracting oxidative damage
retinol · peptides · hyaluronic acid · skincare · wrinkles · serum · vitamin C · sunscreen · dermatology · Botox
diet
Customary food consumption
supplements · prevention · fitness · meditation · stress reduction · intermittent fasting · plant-based · holistic · functional medicine · biometrics
eternal
Lasting without end
everlasting · timeless · escape velocity · mortality · death · finitude
- immortalityimmortality, immortals, deathlessness, deathless, agelessness
- techno-utopiaspost-scarcity, solarpunk, sustainable cities, arcologies, transhumanism
- agingaging process, aging body, biological age, aging workforce, aging parents
- biology topicsanimals, plants, insects, dinosaurs, fish
- Science Debatesclimate change, global warming, evolution debate, vaccine safety, creationism
- Fringe Sciencecold fusion, perpetual motion, alchemy, astrology, phrenology
life extensioneuthanasia
Deliberate death for relief
assisted suicide · premature death · mercy killing · physician-assisted death · suicide
life extensiondeath acceptance
Peace with one's mortality
memento mori · natural death · letting nature take its course · letting go · fatalism
life, lively, extension, lifeless, lifetime, lifestyle, lifelong, livelihood, lifespan