About The Word Mummification
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Mummification
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What's The Definition Of Mummification?
[n] embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy
[n] a condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape" [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 | Synonyms for Mummification: dry gangrene Related Terms | Find terms related to Mummification: air-drying | anhydration | ashes | blast-freezing | body | bones | bottling | brining | cadaver | canning | carcass | carrion | clay | corning | corpse | corpus delicti | crowbait | curing | dead body | dead man | dead person | decedent | dehumidification | dehydration | desiccation | drainage | dry bones | dry-curing | drying | drying up | dust | earth | embalmed corpse | embalming | embalmment | evaporation | food for worms | freeze-drying | freezing | fuming | insolation | irradiation | jerking | late lamented | marination | mortal remains | mummy | organic remains | pickling | potting | quick-freezing | refrigeration | relics | reliquiae | remains | salting | seasoning | skeleton | smoking | stiff | stuffing | taxidermy | tenement of clay | the dead | the deceased | the defunct | the departed | the loved one | tinning | withering See Also | condition | embalmment | gangrene | slough | sphacelus | status Mummification In Webster's Dictionary \Mum`mi*fi*ca"tion\, n. [See {Mummify}.]
The act of making a mummy.
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