embalming [
ɪm'bɑm]
[医] 尸体防腐
Embalm \Em*balm"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Embalmed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Embalming}.] [F. embaumer; pref. em- (L. in) + baume
balm. See {Balm}.]
1. To anoint all over with balm; especially, to preserve from
decay by means of balm or other aromatic oils, or spices;
to fill or impregnate (a dead body), with aromatics and
drugs that it may resist putrefaction.
Joseph commanded his servants, the physicians, to
embalm ?is father; and the physicians embalmed
Israel. --Gem. l. 2.
2. To fill or imbue with sweet odor; to perfume.
With fresh dews embalmed the earth. --Milton.
3. To preserve from decay or oblivion as if with balm; to
perpetuate in remembrance.
Those tears eternal that embalm the dead. --Pope.
- Health department officials are trying to determine if any regulations were violated when an elderly nursing home patient who was still alive was mistaken for a dead woman and taken to a funeral home for embalming.
- Today, he says, "there's a real sense of intimacy with these people" thanks to the combination of ancient embalming and modern scanning.
- EMBALMING INFORMATION: Homes must give consumers information about embalming to help them decide whether to buy the service and must disclose in writing that, except in certain cases, embalming is not required by law.
- EMBALMING INFORMATION: Homes must give consumers information about embalming to help them decide whether to buy the service and must disclose in writing that, except in certain cases, embalming is not required by law.
- Richard Noftsger, the funeral home's manager, said the mortuary is embalming all bodies that will not be immediately buried, even if the family did not desire it.
- Old embalming tools, a 1917 Ford Model-T hearse that doubled as an ambulance, intricately braided wreaths of human hair and a 1,500-pound glass casket are some of the memorabilia in Fred Hunter's funeral museum, one of a handful in the United States.
- The journey to eternity began in the Valley Temple, where the pharaoh's body was taken for ritual purification, perhaps embalming.