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refrigeration (iou)



refrigeration noun. L15.
[Latin refrigeratio(n-), from refrigerat- pa. ppl stem of refrigerare: see REFRIGERATE, -ATION.]
a. The action of refrigerating something; the process of being refrigerated. L15.
b. Geology. The gradual cooling of the earth from natural causes. Now rare. L18.
Orig., cooling and refreshing of the blood or spirits. Now (Medicine), the action of lowering the temperature of (part of) the body, to reduce metabolic activity or to provide local anaesthesia; controlled hypothermia. E16.