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US
/ˌməmɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
]
[ UK /mˌʌmɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/ ]
[ UK /mˌʌmɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/ ]
NOUN
- embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy
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a condition resembling that of a mummy
bureaucratic mummification in red tape - (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color
How To Use mummification In A Sentence
- Their elaborate fabrics, woven on looms from cotton and alpaca wool, are known today because they were used in a type of mummification process.
- To purify their bathing water, they used something called natron, which just happens to be the salt, which is also used to preserve the corpse during mummification.
- Unlike most other ancient Egyptian masks, which covered the faces of the dead in their tombs, the Anubis mask has mouth and eye holes and was designed to be worn, probably during the ritual of mummification.
- The remains of Pleistocene mammals in Alaska and Siberia have been discovered in permafrost, which resulted in the body tissue being preserved through desiccation-induced mummification.
- If you read the list of ingredients in these buns, this mysterious mummification becomes less of a mystery: Dr. Joseph Mercola: What's In The Non-Chicken Half Of The McNugget
- Their elaborate fabrics, woven on looms from cotton and alpaca wool, are known today because they were used in a type of mummification process.
- As the dolmen is a crude copy of the _serdab_ [38] it can be claimed as one of the ultimate results of the practice of mummification. The Evolution of the Dragon
- Mummies of the World will feature natural mummification, which is when a body was accidentally put through the process. LAist
- RESULTS Twenty dermal ulcer patients recovered, 6 mummification necrosis patients improved at some extents.
- The team has concluded - based on the identification of at least five different types of embalming material - that great care was taken in the mummification of this king.
