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Mummification   /mˌəmɪfɪkˈeɪʃən/   Listen
Mummification

noun
1.
A condition resembling that of a mummy.
2.
(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: cold gangrene, dry gangrene, mumification necrosis.
3.
Embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy.





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... languages by the great majority of teachers for a very long time. And as "modern subjects," history, geography, modern languages and literatures, gradually thrust their way into the curriculum, each was subjected as far as possible to the same mummification. There is a theory still widely held among teachers that the value of a subject or of a method of instruction depends upon the amount of drudgery which it involves or the degree of repulsion which it excites. The theory ...
— Cambridge Essays on Education • Various
... report of the uncovering of the mummies, writes as follows of the appearance of the face of Rameses: "The face of the mummy gives a fair idea of the face of the living king. The expression is unintellectual, perhaps slightly animal; but even under the somewhat grotesque disguise of mummification, there is plainly to be seen an air of sovereign majesty, of resolve, and of pride." [Footnote: On the finding and identification of the Pharaohs, consult two excellent articles in The Century Magazine ...
— A General History for Colleges and High Schools • P. V. N. Myers


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