frozen tissue
Cold-stored biological material
Frozen tissue is biological tissue preserved at extremely low temperatures, typically for medical or research purposes.
Laboratories freeze tissue samples to maintain cellular structure for later analysis: The biopsy was sent to the lab as frozen tissue.
Cryopreserved organs and skin grafts are forms of frozen tissue used in transplantation.
The term also appears in food science, where freezing preserves meat and other animal tissues for storage and transport.
- cryopreservationLow-temperature biological preservation
- biopsyTissue sample for diagnosis
- specimenIndividual for examination
- histologyStudy of tissue structure
- thawReturn to liquid
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