Over the past 30 years many cryopreservation procedures have been applied to oocytes, embryos, sperm, ovarian and testicular tissue. Over this time many, often specialized, terms have been developed for all aspects of these procedures. This can make it difficult for readers who are not familiar with the terminology or protocols to compare and evaluate different procedures. This paper describes the main cryopreservation procedures, the terminology associated with them, and briefly explains the underlying physical, chemical and biological processes. The aim is to help readers understand and interpret other papers on slow cooling, rapid cooling, ultrarapid cooling and vitrification.

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与卵母细胞和胚胎玻璃化和其他冷冻保存程序有关的术语。

在过去的30年中，许多冷冻保存程序已应用于卵母细胞，胚胎，精子，卵巢和睾丸组织。在这段时间里，已经为这些程序的所有方面开发了许多通常是专门的术语。这会使不熟悉术语或协议的读者难以比较和评估不同的过程。本文介绍了主要的冷冻保存程序，以及与之相关的术语，并简要解释了潜在的物理，化学和生物过程。目的是帮助读者理解和解释有关慢速冷却，快速冷却，超快速冷却和玻璃化的其他论文。