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PLASTINATE
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I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they plastinate ... he / she / it plastinates
Past simple: plastinated
Past participle: plastinated
-ing form: plastinating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes
Example:
The doctor plastinates bodies to teach anatomy to his students
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "plastinate" is one way to...):
conserve; keep up; maintain; preserve (keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
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)
