Plastination — definition

1. plastination (Noun)

plastination (Noun) — A process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone, epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened. ex. "the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching"

preservation curing dehydration desiccation drying up evaporation fixation fixing hardening impregnation saturation set solidification solidifying