plastination

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• March 1. 2016 from wordnet.princeton.edu

  plastination — noun — english

  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"