suspended animation

English

Noun

suspended animation (uncountable)

1. A temporary cessation of breathing and consciousness resembling death; often the result of asphyxia.
2. (science fiction) The deliberate slowing of the body's functions, sometimes by the use of cryonics, on long interstellar journeys.

Coordinate terms

• cryogenic suspension
• coldsleep
• hypersleep

Translations

temporary cessation of breathing resembling death

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 假死 (zh) (jiǎsǐ)

• Dutch: schijndood (nl) m
• Finnish: valekuolema
• German: Scheintod (de) m
• Ingrian: epäsurma

the slowing of life processes

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 暫停生命／暂停生命 (zh) (zàntíng shēngmìng)

• Finnish: elintoimintojen hidastaminen
• French: biostase (fr) f, animation suspendue f
• Japanese: 仮死状態 (かしじょうたい, kashi jōtai)
• Russian: анабио́з (ru) m (anabióz)

See also

• aestivation
• catatonia
• comatose
• hibernation
• torpor

 

See also

• suspended animation on Wikipedia.Wikipedia