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suspended animation |
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suspended animation Noun a state in which the body's functions are slowed down to a minimum for a period of time, such as by freezing or hibernation
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Translationssuspended animation [səsˈpɛndəd-] n in a state of suspended animation → en (estado de) hibernación suspended animation [səsˈpɛndɪd-] n → vorübergehender Stillstand aller Körperfunktionen suspended animation n in a state of suspended animation → in stato comatoso How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Pickwick was so extreme, that they might have remained in exactly the same relative situations until the suspended animation of the lady was restored, had it not been for a most beautiful and touching expression of filial affection on the part of her youthful son. The nearest he ever got to meditation was a sort of trance-like state, a kind of suspended animation in which his mind drifted sluggishly like a log in a backwater. I call it suspended animation from pressure on the brain |
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