Definition of plastinate in US English:
plastinate
verbˈplæstəˌneɪtˈplastəˌnāt
See plastination
Example sentencesExamples
- As we leave he tells me of his plans to be plastinated after his death.
- The corpse will be plastinated - preserved by replacing body fluids with plastic - in the same way as those used in his travelling exhibition.
- He argues that since it takes a year to plastinate a body, the shipment from October 2000 wouldn't even have been ready in time.
- Millions have flocked to see Body Worlds, his controversial exhibition of plastinated and dissected corpses, and his televised ‘live’ autopsy.
- Now, your choices are no longer just being buried or cremated, you can choose to be plastinated.