defleshing
Scraping bones clean
Defleshing is the removal of flesh from bones, whether in forensic science, taxidermy, archaeological preparation, or butchering.
The term appears in discussions of decomposition, skeletal analysis, and body processing: Beetles are used for defleshing specimens in natural history museums.
The practice can be mechanical, chemical, or biological.
Slaughtered animal's body
- skinningRemoving outer covering
- boningRemoving skeletal structure
- cleaverBroad-bladed cutting tool
- flensingRemoving whale fat
evisceration · deboning · slaughterhouse · abattoir · butcher · gutting · carving · trimming
Rubbing away material
- strippingRemoving outer layers
- peelingComing off in strips
- flayingRemoving skin from body
- excoriatingSeverely denouncing or censuring
paring · shaving · abrading · denuding · removal · separation · detachment · rasping
Softening by liquid immersion
- beetlesHard-winged insects
- specimenIndividual for examination
- mountingSteadily increasing in degree
- preservationMaintaining something's condition
articulation · skeleton · hide · tanning · boiling · peroxide · degreasing · museum
Breakdown into simpler parts
- funeraryOf burial rites
- ritualCeremonial set of actions
- exposureState of being unprotected
- carrionPutrefying animal remains
scavengers · vultures · ossuary · disinterment · charnel-house
Scientific study of bones
- bioarchaeologyScience of excavated remains
- excavationAct of unearthing
- burialPlacing deceased underground
- anthropologyStudy of human cultures
stratigraphy · mortuary · disarticulation · perimortem · postmortem · ossuary · charnel
carcass
Slaughtered animal's body
flensing · evisceration · deboning · slaughterhouse · abattoir · butcher · gutting · carving · trimming · quartering
scraping
Rubbing away material
excoriating · paring · shaving · abrading · denuding · removal · separation · detachment · rasping · scouring
maceration
Softening by liquid immersion
preservation · articulation · skeleton · hide · tanning · boiling · peroxide · degreasing · museum · trophy
decomposition
Breakdown into simpler parts
carrion · scavengers · vultures · ossuary · disinterment · charnel-house
osteology
Scientific study of bones
- bioarchaeologyScience of excavated remains
- excavationAct of unearthing
- burialPlacing deceased underground
anthropology · stratigraphy · mortuary · disarticulation · perimortem · postmortem · ossuary · charnel
defleshingembalming
Preserving dead bodies chemically
mummification · preservation · taxidermy · fleshing · reconstitution
defleshingcryopreservation
Low-temperature biological preservation
defleshingmummifying
Preserving bodies through desiccation
flesh, fleshy, fleshing, fleshed, fleshes, fleshiness, fleshless, fleshly, fleshier