Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Plastination has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
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 plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching"
A technique for preserving bodies or body parts by replacing the water and fat with certain plastics.