saturation -
a condition in which a quantity no longer responds to some external influence
status,
condition the relative position or standing of things or especially persons in a society; "he had the status of a minor"; "the novel attained the status of a classic"; "atheists do not enjoy a favorable position in American life"
saturation -
the process of totally saturating something with a substance; "the impregnation of wood with preservative"; "the saturation of cotton with ether"
plastination a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened; "the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching"