mummification
muh mi fi kay shuhn
- n a condition resembling that of a mummy
bureaucratic mummification in red tape - n (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color
- n embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy
- Among morticians, the mummification of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin has always been something of a mystery.
- Perhaps the organic matter was Queen Hetep-Heres' entrails, removed before mummification.
- Such deliberate mummification was practiced chiefly by the ancient Egyptians.