| 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 | (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 fastening something firmly in position |
| | an unhealthy and compulsive preoccupation with something or someone |
| | an abnormal state in which development has stopped prematurely |