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cryopreservation

Uses: 1) maintenance of the viability of tissues (cells, tissues, organs or embryos) typically in liquid nitrogen (-80 degrees C) 2) in histology, cryofixation is used to maintain the existing structure & chemical composition of frozen specimens

Specific

cryopreservation for assisted reproduction technology; oocyte cryopreservation

General

specimen processing

References

  1. Stedman's Medical Dictionary 27th ed, Williams & Wilkins, Baltimore, 1999
  2. NLM MeSH Browser http://www.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/meshhome.html