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promession

promession noun: the disposal of human remains by freeze-drying.

Noun

promession (usually uncountable, plural promessions)

  1. (usually) The disposal of human remains by freeze-drying.
    • Promession ensures that a body will produce rich, nourishing soil within a year's time.2019, Lucinda Herring, Reimagining Death, North Atlantic Books, →ISBN, page 209

Forms of promession

pluralpromessions

Origin of promession

Coined by Swedish biologist Susanne Wiigh-Mäsak, developer of the process, who derived it from Italian promessa (“promise”).

Questions about promession

What does promession mean?
Promession means the disposal of human remains by freeze-drying.
What part of speech is promession?
Promession is a noun.
What is the plural of promession?
The plural of promession is promessions.

Words near promession in the dictionary

  1. promerits
  2. promeropid
  3. promeropids
  4. promesonotal
  5. promesonotum
  6. promession
  7. promessions
  8. promestriene
  9. prometalloproteinase
  10. prometamorphic
  11. prometamorphosis

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