suspended animation
noun
Definition of suspended animation
1 : temporary suspension of the vital functions (as in persons nearly drowned)
2 : a condition (such as inactivity) likened to suspended animation
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Examples of suspended animation in a Sentence
animals that sleep through the winter in a state of suspended animation
the husband's feeling that their love life was in suspended animation while his wife lavished all her attention on the new baby
1787
First Known Use of suspended animation
1787
SUSPENDED ANIMATION Defined for English Language Learners
suspended animation
noun
Definition of suspended animation for English Language Learners
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: a state in which the processes of the body (such as blood circulation) stop or become very slow for a period of time while a person or animal is unconscious
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suspended animation
play
noun
sus·pend·ed animation
\sə-ˈspend-əd-\
Medical Definition of suspended animation
: temporary suspension of the vital functions (as in persons nearly drowned)
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