| VERB | possession | plastinate | preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes |
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| Meaning | preserve (tissue) with plastics, as for teaching and research purposes. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "The doctor plastinates bodies to teach anatomy to his students" | |
| Broader | conserve, preserve, maintain, keep up | Keep in safety and protect from harm, decay, loss, or destruction |
| Nouns | plastination | a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues |
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