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 |
| Incoming links | |
| 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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