Word.ws English Dictionary

diaphanization

diaphanization noun: a technique in which a biological specimen is treated to make the skin and tissue diaphanous (i.e. transparent) whilst retaining body shape and staining the skeleton; tissue clearing.

Noun

diaphanization

  1. A technique in which a biological specimen is treated to make the skin and tissue diaphanous (i.e. transparent) whilst retaining body shape and staining the skeleton; tissue clearing

Forms of diaphanization

alternative formdiaphonization

Questions about diaphanization

What does diaphanization mean?
Diaphanization means a technique in which a biological specimen is treated to make the skin and tissue diaphanous (i.e. transparent) whilst retaining body shape and staining the skeleton; tissue clearing.
What part of speech is diaphanization?
Diaphanization is a noun.

Words near diaphanization in the dictionary

  1. diaphanic
  2. diaphanid
  3. diaphanids
  4. diaphanie
  5. diaphanies
  6. diaphanization
  7. diaphanized
  8. diaphanography
  9. diaphanometer
  10. diaphanometers
  11. diaphanoscope

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: diaphanization (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “diaphanization.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/diaphanization. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.