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Mummification
01
embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy
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Ancient Egyptian mummification involved carefully preserving the dead.
02
a state in which a body or tissue becomes dry, shrunken, and resistant to decay
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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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Severe arterial obstruction resulted in mummification of the patient's toe.
