suspended animation
noun [U]Definition
› a state in which life in a body is temporarily slowed down or stopped: Some animals, such as hedgehogs, exist in a state of suspended animation during the winter.figurative A cut in interest rates would lift the economy out of its current state of suspended animation.Animal (non-human) behaviourNot functioning
(Definition of suspended animation noun from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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