cryopreservation

Preferred Label : cryopreservation;

Obsolete resource : false;

MeSH 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.;

MeSH synonym : cryofixation;

MeSH hyponym : cryonic suspension; Cryonic Suspensions; Suspension, Cryonic; Suspensions, Cryonic;

MeSH annotation : coordinate IM with specific organ, tissue or cell heading (IM with no qualifiers);

Wikipedia link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryopreservation;

Details

Origin ID

D015925;

UMLS CUI

C0010405;

Allowable qualifiers
- classification [MeSH Qualifier]
- economics [MeSH Qualifier]
- ethics [MeSH Qualifier]
- history [MeSH Qualifier]
- instrumentation [MeSH Qualifier]
- methods [MeSH Qualifier]
- standards [MeSH Qualifier]
- statistics and numerical data [MeSH Qualifier]
- trends [MeSH Qualifier]
- veterinary [MeSH Qualifier]
Indexing information
- PIPA solution [MeSH Supplementary Concept]
Record concept(s)
- cryonic suspension [MeSH concept]
- cryopreservation [MeSH concept]
See also
- cold temperature [MeSH Descriptor]
- fertility preservation [MeSH Descriptor]
- freezing [MeSH Descriptor]
- vitrification [MeSH Descriptor]
See also (suggested by CISMeF)
- Cryobiology [MeSH Descriptor]
Semantic type(s)
- Laboratory Procedure [UMLS semantic type]
UMLS correspondences (same concept)
- Cryopreservation [NCIt concept]
- Cryopreservation (procedure) [SNOMED CT concept]
- cryopreservation, nos [SNOMED Notion]

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