Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun plastination

1 sense of plastination

Sense 1
plastination -- (a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened; "the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching")
       => preservation -- (a process that saves organic substances from decay)