plastinator
plastinator noun: one who plastinates dead bodies or body parts.
Noun
plastinator (plural plastinators)
- One who plastinates dead bodies or body parts.
- Even those who donate their bodies to the plastinator can only have fantasies, based on their experience of viewing the bodies of others, about what it will be like to have their dead bodies placed on view for others to look at.2008, Daniel J. Sherman, Museums and Difference, page 181
- From my perspective plastinated specimens are not works of art, because they have been created for the sole purpose of sharing insights into human anatomy ... a plastinator is at most a skilled laborer in the field of art, but not an artist as such.2011, John D. Lantos, Controversial Bodies, page 29
Forms of plastinator
| plural | plastinators |
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Origin of plastinator
From plastinate + -or.
Questions about plastinator
- What does plastinator mean?
- Plastinator means one who plastinates dead bodies or body parts.
- What part of speech is plastinator?
- Plastinator is a noun.
- What is the plural of plastinator?
- The plural of plastinator is plastinators.
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