(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body | the activity of protecting something from loss or danger |
the activity of fastening something firmly in position | an occurrence of improvement by virtue of preventing loss or injury or other change |
an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone | a process that saves organic substances from decay |
an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely | the condition of being (well or ill) preserved |