thanatopraxy

thanatopraxy means embalming.

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Etymology

From French thanatopraxie, German Thanatopraxie, Spanish tanatopraxia, ultimately from Ancient Greek θάνατος (thánatos, “dead body”) + πρᾶξις (prâxis, “practice”). Doublet of thanatopraxis.

noun

Embalming.e.g.“THANATOPRAXIE s. f. [gr. thanatos : mort; praxis : action] (angl. thanatopraxy). […] thanatopraxy, thanatopraxie” — [1975, Dictionnaire de médecine [Dictionary of Medicine] (in French), Paris: Flammarion Médecine-Sciences [Flammarion Medicine-Sciences], →ISBN, pages 713, column 1, and 865, column 2:

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