Home › Words › P › paraffinizationparaffinizationparaffinization means the embedding of a tissue sample in paraffin wax prior to microtoming.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, paraffinization ranks #32,509 of 42,749 for Qualifying.EtymologyFrom paraffin + -ization.nounThe embedding of a tissue sample in paraffin wax prior to microtomingDefinitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).