1.
[syn: refrigeration, infrigidation]
2. deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes;
- Example: "refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a cold bath"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Refrigeration \Re*frig`er*a"tion\ (-?"sh?n), n. [Cf. F.
r['e]frig['e]ration, L. refrigeratio.]
The act or process of refrigerating or cooling, or the state
of being cooled.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
refrigeration
n 1: the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for
preservative purposes [syn: refrigeration,
infrigidation]
2: deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic
purposes; "refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a
cold bath"
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0:
29 Moby Thesaurus words for "refrigeration":
anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, corning,
curing, dehydration, desiccation, dry-curing, drying, embalming,
evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, irradiation, jerking,
marination, mummification, pickling, potting, quick-freezing,
salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning