ALL meanings of suspended animation
sus·pend an·i·ma·tion
S s - noun suspended animation state: body functions temporarily halted 1
- noun suspended animation a state of temporary cessation of the vital functions. 1
- uncountable noun suspended animation 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. 0
- uncountable noun suspended animation If you describe someone as being in a state of suspended animation, you mean that they have become inactive and are doing nothing. 0
- noun suspended animation a temporary cessation of the vital functions, as by freezing an organism 0
- noun suspended animation a temporary cessation of the vital functions resembling death 0