Plastination

Of preservation.

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".

This concept's ID is @1~67845

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  • dehydration 2 facts

    The process of extracting moisture.

  • hardening 1 facts

    The process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization; "the hardening...

  • fixing 0 facts

    (histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible...

  • saturation 0 facts

    The process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood...