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NOUN (3)

1. a condition resembling that of a mummy;
- Example: "bureaucratic mummification in red tape"

2. (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color;
[syn: dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification]

3. embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Mummification \Mum`mi*fi*ca"tion\, n. [See Mummify.] The act of making a mummy. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

mummification n 1: a condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape" 2: (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color [syn: dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification] 3: embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy