noun
- A condition resembling that of a mummy.
- usage: "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.
- synonyms: dry gangrene, cold gangrene, mumification necrosis
- Embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy. .
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