English

Noun

resomation ‎(plural resomations)

1. A process for the disposal of a corpse by which the corpse is submerged 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 978-1-4129-5178-4:

     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:

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

Quotations

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Related terms

• resomate
• resomator