the.com/suspended animation
life on pause, metabolism whispering just enough to keep the lights on.
means a state where biological processes slow to a near-halt without dying, so the organism can resume later.
from the phrase surfaces in 18th-century medicine describing drowning victims who seemed dead but were revived, later borrowed by sci-fi for hibernating astronauts and cryogenic dreamers.
real medicinedoctors induce it via deep hypothermia during heart surgery
tardigrades do itthey survive vacuum of space in this state
not sci-fi only2014 trial cooled trauma patients to pause dying
comics stole itused to explain decades-long absences without aging
for instance
tardigrades — enter cryptobiosis, surviving temperatures near absolute zero
ted williams cryonics — baseball legend's body frozen at alcor since 2002
emergency preservation trial — university of maryland, 2014, cooled patients to save them
arctic ground squirrels — drop body temperature below freezing each winter