Meaning Of The Word Suspended animation

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Suspended animation Meaning

Suspended animation Definition
Suspended animation Definition

What's The Definition Of Suspended animation?

suspended animation
uncountable noun: If you describe someone as being in a state of suspended animation, you mean that they have become inactive and are doing nothing.
uncountable noun: Suspended animation is a state in which an animal is unconscious, with its body functioning very slowly, for example so that the animal can survive the winter.

suspended animation in American English
a state of temporary cessation of the vital functions
a temporary cessation of the vital functions resembling death

suspended animation in British English
noun: a temporary cessation of the vital functions, as by freezing an organism

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