plastinator

Definitions

One who plastinates dead bodies or body parts.

Examples

“Even those who donate their bodies to the plastinator can only have⟳ fantasies, based on their experience⟳ of viewing the bodies of others, about what it will be like⟳ to have⟳ their dead bodies placed on view⟳ for others to look⟳ at.”

“From my perspective plastinated specimens are not works of art, because they have⟳ been created for the sole purpose of sharing insights into human anatomy ... a plastinator is at most a skilled laborer in the field of art, but not an artist as such.”

“The magazine obtained a letter marked December 2001 in which one of von Hagen's Chinese plastinators, Dr. Hongjin, boasted that he had just obtained the bodies of a “young man and young woman” who had “died” that same morning.”

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