Definition of "stabilization"

stabilization

/ˌsteɪ.bəl.ɪz.ˈeɪ.ʃən/

noun
countable and uncountable, plural stabilizations
1. (uncountable) The process of stabilizing.
2. (countable) The result of being stabilized.
  Quotations
  The use of solvent stabilizations for individual reagents is analogous to the use of heats of formation to compute heats of reaction.
  1989, John E. Leffler, Rates and Equilibria of Organic Reactions as Treated by Statistical, Thermodynamic, and Extrathermodynamic Methods
3. (medicine, uncountable) A preliminary medical process for sick or injured people to attempt to keep their medical condition from deteriorating too much and too quickly before being treated in depth at a medical facility.