mummification
[,mʌməfə'keʃən]
- n. [医] 木乃伊化
英英释意
- 1. a condition resembling that of a mummy;
- "bureaucratic mummification in red tape"
- 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
- 3. embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy