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A biological process whose specific outcome is the progression of an integrated living unit: an anatomical structure (which may be a subcellular structure, cell, tissue, or organ), or organism over time from an initial condition to a later condition. The slowing of metabolic processes to very low levels in order to conserve energy during hibernation. Any biological process, occurring at the level of a multicellular organism, pertinent to its function. The specific actions or reactions of an organism in response to external or internal stimuli. Patterned activity of a whole organism in a manner dependent upon some combination of that organism's internal state and external conditions. Any process by which an organism enters and maintains a periodic, readily reversible state of reduced awareness and metabolic activity. Usually accompanied by physical relaxation, the onset of sleep in humans and other mammals is marked by a change in the electrical activity of the brain. The process by which a dormant state is induced, maintained or broken. Dormancy is characterized by a suspension of physiological activity. Any process by which an organism enters and maintains a period of dormancy in which to pass the winter. It is characterized by narcosis and by sharp reduction in body temperature and metabolic activity and by a depression of vital signs.

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GO TERM SUMMARY
Name: hibernation
Acc: GO:0042750
Aspect: Biological Process
Desc: Any process by which an organism enters and maintains a period of dormancy in which to pass the winter. It is characterized by narcosis and by sharp reduction in body temperature and metabolic activity and by a depression of vital signs.
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GO:0042750 - hibernation (interactive image map)
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