resomationとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• ハイフネーション: re‧so‧ma‧tion

名詞

resomation (countable かつ uncountable, 複数形 resomations)

1. A process for the disposal of a corpse by submerging it in a strong base compound at a high pressure and temperature until it dissolves.
   • 2008, Paul J. McAuley, The Quiet War‎, page 186:

     […] bodies were dissolved by resomation and the fluid evaporated to a powder that was ceremoniously scattered around the roots of newly planted trees.

   • 2009, Clifton D. Bryant; Dennis L. Peck, Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience, Sage Publications, →ISBN:

     Many consumers opt for cremation for environmental reasons, though it too carries the risk for air pollution. Some in the industry are looking to alternatives of body disposal such as freeze-drying (promession) and dissolving (resomation).

   • 2009, Ruth Davis Konigsberg, “The 9th annual year in ideas”, in The New York Times Magazine‎^[1]:

     Enter resomation, an alternative to cremation for the eco-conscious cadaver. Resomation is a process that liquefies rather than burns body tissues.

引用

• For more examples of usage of this term, see Citations:resomation.

同意語

• alkaline hydrolysis, biocremation, flameless cremation, water cremation

関連する語

• resomate
• resomator

参照

• resomation in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• resomation at OneLook Dictionary Search

アナグラム

• Romaniotes, aeronomist