What is "petrifaction" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "petrifaction": the process of turning some plant material into stone by infiltration with water carrying mineral particles without changing the original shape

Noun

Meaning of "petrifaction": a rock created by petrifaction; an organic object infiltrated with mineral matter and preserved in its original form

Noun

Synonyms:

specimen, relic, skeleton, trace, impression, deposit, reconstruction, neolith, eolith, paleolith, coma, trance, slumber, inertness, lethargy, sleep, languor, anesthesia, swoon, stupefaction, torpor, insensibility, hebetude, amazement, inertia, bewilderment, numbness, dullness, apathy, lassitude, suspended animation, narcosis, sopor, somnolence, asphyxia, hypnosis, fainting, swooning, coma, rapture, reverie, stupor, unconsciousness, insensibility, abstraction, study, spell, glaze, muse, ecstasy, daze, dream, catatonia, catalepsy, transfixion, transfixture,

Antonyms:

consciousness, sensibility, wakefulness, activity, life, liveliness, interest, consciousness,