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mummification

DEFINITIONS OF: mummification

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n embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy

Type of:
embalmment
preservation (of a dead body) by treating with balsams and drugs and other chemicals

n a condition resembling that of a mummy

“bureaucratic mummification in red tape”
Type of:
condition, status
a state at a particular time

n (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color

Synonyms:
cold gangrene, dry gangrene, mumification necrosis
Type of:
gangrene, slough, sphacelus
necrotic tissue; a mortified or gangrenous part or mass
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