embalm

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She and her colleagues also embalm about 65% of the bodies, preserving them for longer and slowing down decomposition.

From BBC • Nov. 8, 2023

Scott was employed at Arkansas Central Mortuary Services, where part of her job was to transport, cremate and embalm remains.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 29, 2023

In 2020, a woman in Michigan with cerebral palsy was declared dead by paramedics but was discovered to be breathing hours later by a funeral home worker who was preparing to embalm her body.

From New York Times • Feb. 5, 2023

However, Full Circle, and doulas across the country, do not embalm or handle human remains.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 30, 2022

It caused Claudia to want to embalm Jamie in a vat of mummy fluid right that minute.

From "From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler" by E.L. Konigsburg