Suspended animation is the slowing or stopping of life processes without termination.

Suspended animation may also refer to: Suspended animation in fiction, a trope in fictional works Suspended Animation (The Monks album), 1981 Suspended Animation (John Petrucci album), 2005 Suspended Animation (Fantômas album), 2005 Suspended Animation (Esham album), 2010 Suspended Animation (film), 2001 Suspended Animation, Inc, an American company that coordinates cryopreservation

See also Dormancy, a period in an organism's life when growth, development, or physical activity are temporarily stopped