人じん工こう冬とう眠みん

noun

artificial hibernation; induced hibernation

Medical term for deliberately lowering a patient's body temperature and metabolic rate to reduce tissue damage, often used in critical care or surgery.

• 人じん工こう冬とう眠みんは、重じゅう篤とくな患かん者じゃの治ち療りょうに用もちいられることがある。

  Artificial hibernation is sometimes used in the treatment of critically ill patients.