cryopreservation
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cryopreservation (countable and uncountable, plural cryopreservations)
the preservation of biological tissue at cryogenic temperatures, typically at -80°C (dry ice temperature) or -196°C (the boiling point of liquid nitrogen).
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Among other things, it is used in the cryopreservation of blood, reproductive cells ( sperm and egg ), and other biological samples and materials.
Contrary to popular belief, water that freezes during cryopreservation is usually water outside cells, not water inside cells.
Cryopreservation makes future ART cycles simpler, less expensive, and less invasive than the initial IVF cycle, since the woman does not require ovarian stimulation or egg retrieval.
Cryopreservation main Cryopreservation can be performed as oocyte cryopreservation before fertilisation, or as embryo cryopreservation after fertilisation.
Cryonics procedures ideally begin within minutes of cardiac arrest, and use cryoprotectants to prevent ice formation during cryopreservation.
Kip, however, suffers severe frostbite and is kept in a state of cryopreservation while the Mother Thing's people figure out how to heal him.