plastination vs fixing

plastination and fixing both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
plastination	Yes	No	No	No
fixing	Yes	No	No	No

plastination (noun)	fixing (noun)
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 act of putting something in working order again
	the sterilization of an animal
	(histology) the preservation and hardening of a tissue sample to retain as nearly as possible the same relations they had in the living body
	restraint that attaches to something or holds something in place