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2.
[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