plastination
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened
the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching
Types & categories
- preservation hypernym
Parts & wholes
- fixing part meronym
- drying up part meronym
- solidifying part meronym
- saturation part meronym
Related & opposite
- plastinate derivation
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | plastinate |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | fixing |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | drying up |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | solidifying |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | saturation |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | preservation |