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re⋅frig⋅er⋅a⋅tion

  [ri-frij-uh-rey-shuhn]
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–noun
1. the act or process of refrigerating.
2. the state of being refrigerated.
Origin:
1425–75; late ME refrigeracion < L refrīgerātiōn- (s. of refrīgerātiō). See refrigerate, -ion
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re·frig·er·ate   (rĭ-frĭj'ə-rāt')   
tr.v.   re·frig·er·at·ed, re·frig·er·at·ing, re·frig·er·ates

  1. To cool or chill (a substance).

  2. To preserve (food) by chilling.


[Latin refrīgerāre, refrīgerāt- : re-, re- + frīgerāre, to make cool (from frīgus, frīgor-, coldness).]
re·frig'er·a'tion n., re·frig'er·a'tive, re·frig'er·a·to'ry (-ər-ə-tôr'ē, -tōr'ē) adj.
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Word Origin & History

refrigeration 
1471, "act of cooling or freezing," from L. refrigerationem "mitigation of heat," especially in sickness, noun of action from refrigerare, from re- "again" + frigerare "make cool," from frigus (gen. frigoris) "cold." Specifically of "freezing provisions as a means of preserving them" from 1881. Refrigerator "cabinet for keeping food cool" is first recorded 1824, originally in the brewery trade, in place of earlier refrigeratory (1605).
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: re·frig·er·a·tion
Pronunciation: ri-"frij-&-'rA-sh&n
Function: noun
: a deliberate lowering of thetemperature of the body or of a part (as a leg) for therapeutic purposes or to facilitate surgery
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Medical Dictionary

refrigeration re·frig·er·a·tion (rĭ-frĭj'ə-rā'shən)
n.

  1. The act or process of cooling a substance.

  2. The act or process of preserving by cooling.

  3. The reducing of a fever.

re·frig'er·ate' v.
re·frig'er·a'tive or re·frig'er·a·to'ry (-ər-ə-tôr'ē) adj.

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