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plastinationn.Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: plastic n., -ation suffix. Etymology: < plasti- (in plastic n.) + -ation suffix, with epenthetic -n- after nouns ending in -nation , -ination . Compare German Plastination . Compare plastinated adj. and later plastinate v.The process was developed in Germany and patented by G. von Hagens in 1977. The word was coined in German in 1980 (see quot. below; compare also later German Plastinierung):2005 G. von Hagens Let. 26 Aug. (O.E.D. Archive) Das Wort habe ich 1980 in einer Wiener Kneipe..erfunden, weil der Begriff ‘Plastifizierung’ in der Kunststoffchemie bereits anderweitig belegt und die ursprüngliche Bezeichnung ‘Konservierte biologische verwesliche Objekte und Verfahren zu ihrer Herstellung’ wenig griffig und..gänzlich ungeeignet für die Verbreitung der neuen Technologie war [I invented the word in 1980 in a pub in Vienna.., because the term ‘Plastifizierung’ (i.e. plasticization) was already in alternative use with reference to the chemistry of plastics, and the original denomination (in the patent) ‘preserved biological decomposable objects and procedures for their production’ was very unwieldy and..quite unsuited to the purpose of propagating a new technology].An academic conference on the subject (entitled ‘Preservation of Biological Materials by Plastination’) was held at San Antonio, Texas, U.S.A., on 16 April 1982, and is often referred to retrospectively as the ‘First International Conference on Plastination’. 1981 G. von Hagens et al. in 105 674 Impregnation of biological materials with curable polymers (plastination) allows wider use of human tissue for both basic and clinical instruction. 1984 (Nexis) 31 Oct. 15 Bayer..calls the process ‘plastination’ and claims several advantages over conventional preservation in alcohol or fomaldehyde. 2001 10 Feb. 18/5 Plastination has enabled the professor, he says, to ‘democratise anatomy’ and bring it to the masses. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, June 2006; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1981 |