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Physiological Phenomena > Body Temperature > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor > Hibernation
Physiological Phenomena > Adaptation, Physiological > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor > Hibernation
... > Biological Phenomena > Adaptation, Biological > Adaptation, Physiological > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor > Hibernation
Physiological Phenomena > Homeostasis > Body Temperature Regulation > Torpor > Hibernation

Preferred term

Hibernation  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

Entry terms

  • Artificial Hibernation
  • Artificial Hibernations
  • Hibernation, Artificial

Note

  • animal only; summer dormancy = HIBERNATION

Scope note

  • The dormant state in which some warm-blooded animal species pass the winter. It is characterized by narcosis and by sharp reduction in body temperature and metabolic activity and by a depression of vital signs.

History note

  • 1963; for HIBERNATION, ARTIFICIAL use HYPOTHERMIA, INDUCED 1983-2008

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D006605

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