Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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hardening | Yes | No | No | No |
plastination | Yes | No | No | No |
hardening (noun) | plastination (noun) |
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the act of making something harder (firmer or tighter or more compact) | 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 process of becoming hard or solid by cooling or drying or crystallization | |
abnormal hardening or thickening of tissue |