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Record 1 2015-02-09

English

Subject field(s)
  • Living Matter - General Properties
CONT

... biostasis [is] a virtually complete and intentionally reversible arrest of biological processes.

CONT

Reduction of life processes engendered by cooling is named "cryostasis" representing a special type of biostasis.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Propriétés générales de la matière vivante
DEF

[...] arrêt réversible de la vie fonctionnelle [...]

CONT

La biostase [...] Il semble qu’elle ait pu être réalisée volontairement par entraînement ascétique. Albert de Rochas rapporte des exemples de «la suspension volontaire de la vie et l’inhumation volontaire des fakirs» : en 1838, Haridès, âgé de trente ans, fut inhumé pendant dix mois avant de revenir à la vie.

Spanish

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