n13538314
type | n |
lex_filenum | 22 |
def | a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues |
def | water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened |
examples | the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching |
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Hypernym | preservation |
Derivationally related form | plastination → plastinate |
Part meronym | fixation, fixing; dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation; hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing; impregnation, saturation |
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Part holonym | fixation, fixing; dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation; hardening, solidifying, solidification, set, curing; impregnation, saturation |
Hyponym | preservation |
Derivationally related form | plastinate → plastination |
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