mummification
nounThe process of mummifying, or making into a mummy.
In pathology, dry gangrene. See gangrene, 1.
The act of making a mummy.
The preserving of a dead body, by making it into 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.
