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frozen /fro·zen/ (fro´zen)
1. turned into, covered by, or surrounded by ice.
2. very cold.
3. stiff or immobile, or rendered immobile.

frozen
said of material kept at less than 0°C. Biological materials are frozen solid because of their high water content.

frozen embryo
see embryo transfer.
frozen meat
meat preserved at low temperatures in a freezer.
frozen section
a specimen of tissue that has been quick-frozen, cut by microtome, and stained immediately for rapid diagnosis of possible malignant lesions. A specimen processed in this manner is not satisfactory for detailed study of the cells, but it is valuable because it is quick and gives the surgeon immediate information regarding the malignancy of a piece of tissue.
frozen semen
see semen.


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The kids even get a chance to tour the sperm bank where he made his deposit, peer into the tanks holding frozen semen, and get a souvenir sperm pin.
51) A 1978 article in the American Fertility Society's journal, Fertility and Sterility, noted that "the early enthusiasm for using frozen semen has been tempered.
Idant Laboratories, Daxor's subsidiary, started the first personal frozen blood storage programs and one of the first frozen semen storage centers.
 
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