cryopreservation

{
  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-001618",
  "term": "cryopreservation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "Preservation of cells, tissues, organs, or embryos by freezing. In histological preparations, cryopreservation or cryofixation is used to maintain the existing form, structure, and chemical composition of all the constituent elements of the specimens.",
  "synonyms": [
    "cryofixation"
  ],
  "subject": "Animals, Livestock, One Health",
  "see_also": [
    "processing technology",
    "laboratory animal procedures",
    "germplasm conservation",
    "vitrification",
    "cryogenics",
    "antifreeze proteins",
    "cryo-electron microscopy",
    "frozen storage",
    "cryogels",
    "liquid nitrogen",
    "oocyte vitrification"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Medical Subject Headings 2013",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "criopreservación"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/cryopreservation/"
}