anabiosis

(ăn'ə-bī-ō'sĭs)
n.

1. A restoring to life from a deathlike condition; resuscitation.
2. A state of suspended animation, especially one in which certain aquatic invertebrates are able to survive long periods of drought.

[Greek anabiōsis, from anabioun, to return to life : ana-, ana- + bioun, to live (from bios, life).]

anabiotic an'a·bi·ot'ic (-ŏt'ĭk) adj.

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(ăn'ə-bī-ō'sĭs)
n.

A restoring to life from a deathlike condition; resuscitation.

a return to life after apparent death; a state of suspended animation induced in an organism by, e.g., desiccation or freezing, and reversed by rehydration or warming.

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Restoration of life processes after their apparent cessation.