suspended animation

sus·pend·ed animation (s-spndd)

n.

A temporary state of interrupted breathing and loss of consciousness resembling death, caused especially by asphyxia.

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suspended animation

n

(Medicine / Pathology) a temporary cessation of the vital functions, as by freezing an organism

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Noun

1.

suspended animation - a temporary cessation of vital functions with loss of consciousness resembling death; usually resulting from asphyxia physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state - the condition or state of the body or bodily functions anabiosis - suspended animation in organisms during periods of extreme drought from which they revive when moisture returns

Translations

suspended animation [səˌspɛndɪdænɪˈmeɪʃən] n → interruzione f delle funzioni vitali