English Explanatory Dictionary

thanatopraxy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Embalming.

Word forms

thanatopraxy

Etymology

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

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