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Noun

1. 1
   A technique for preserving bodies or body parts by replacing the water and fat with certain plastics. uncountable, usually
2. 2
   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 wordnet