HIBERNATION
\hˌa͡ɪbənˈe͡ɪʃən], \hˌaɪbənˈeɪʃən], \h_ˌaɪ_b_ə_n_ˈeɪ_ʃ_ə_n]\
Definitions of HIBERNATION
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 2010 - Medical Dictionary Database
- 1920 - A practical medical dictionary.
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1914 - Nuttall's Standard dictionary of the English language
- 1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
- 1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
- 1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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the act of retiring into inactivity; "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"
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cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
By Princeton University
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the act of retiring into inactivity; "he emerged from his hibernation to make his first appearance in several years"
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cessation from or slowing of activity during the winter; especially slowing of metabolism in some animals
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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The dormant state in which some 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. It is a natural physiological process in many warm-blooded animals.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By Stedman, Thomas Lathrop
By Daniel Lyons
By Nuttall, P.Austin.
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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