mummification
pronunciation
How to pronounce mummification in British English:
UK [mʌmɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce mummification in American English:
US [mʌmɪfɪ'keɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- a condition resembling that of a mummy
- (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color
- embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy
Word Origin
- mummification (n.)
- 1800, from mummy + -fication.
Example
- 1. Death : mummification , dismemberment , and the cult of osiris .
- 2. One mummification that I find from " google " on the earth .
- 3. Conclusion when do the microscopic root canal therapy after pulp mummification , it can improve the quality of clinical treatment and made good therapeutic effect .
- 4. In mayan culture we find no evidences that any techniques of mummification were used .
- 5. Nor can they tell how much these people weighed - mummification dehydrates the body .