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Mummification
01
embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy
Grammatische Informationen
Beispiele
Ancient Egyptian mummification involved carefully preserving the dead.
02
a state in which a body or tissue becomes dry, shrunken, and resistant to decay
Beispiele
The body's remarkable mummification resulted from the extremely dry climate.
03
(pathology) dry gangrene caused by loss of arterial blood supply, leaving dead tissue dry, shriveled, and darkened
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Beispiele
Severe arterial obstruction resulted in mummification of the patient's toe.
