Hibernation

Hibernation stands for:

• in biology, the hibernation of living beings in an active or passive state (the latter for example: hibernation , hibernation , winter rigor ); Contrast: Aesthetic (= summer, surviving the dry-warm season)
• artificial sleep to reduce the oxygen demand of vital organs during major operations; see Koma # "Artificial Coma", "Artificial Deep Sleep"
• an endogenous mechanism to protect inadequately perfused heart tissue, see hibernation (myocardium)
• the energy saving function of modern computers, see hibernation

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Wiktionary: Hibernation  - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations

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