refrigeration

Meanings

Plural: refrigerations

Noun

• the process of cooling or freezing (e.g., food) for preservative purposes
• deliberately lowering the body's temperature for therapeutic purposes
  • "refrigeration by immersing the patient's body in a cold bath"
• The process of transferring heat from an object in order to cool it.
• The process of preserving something by cooling.
• The cooling of the body for therapeutic purposes.

Synonyms

infrigidation