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plastination

plastination noun: a technique for preserving bodies or body parts by replacing the water and fat with certain plastics.

Noun

plastination (usually uncountable, plural plastinations)

  1. (usually) A technique for preserving bodies or body parts by replacing the water and fat with certain plastics.

Forms of plastination

pluralplastinations

Questions about plastination

What does plastination mean?
Plastination means a technique for preserving bodies or body parts by replacing the water and fat with certain plastics.
What part of speech is plastination?
Plastination is a noun.
What is the plural of plastination?
The plural of plastination is plastinations.

Words near plastination in the dictionary

  1. plastilina
  2. plastin
  3. plastinate
  4. plastinated
  5. plastinates
  6. plastination
  7. plastinations
  8. plastinator
  9. plastinators
  10. plastinoid
  11. plastins

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