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Meanings of mummification in English
(Pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color.
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Examples for "dry gangrene"
Examples for "dry gangrene"
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One patient suffered from peripheral dry gangrene, required amputations, and had persistent Raynaud's phenomenon.
2
If the part is aseptic it shrivels, and presents the ordinary features of dry gangrene.
3
When these measures are successful, dry gangrene ensues.
4
They are precisely similar to the cumulative effects of a salt diet in producing scurvy, or of spurred rye in producing dry gangrene.
5
All the physical appearances and clinical symptoms associated with dry gangrene supervene, and the dead portion is delimited by a line of demarcation.
Usage of mummification in English
1
A jacket sleeve had protected the right hand, sparing it full-out mummification.
2
Dru steadied himself, expecting the foul mummification spell he had witnessed earlier.
3
In a warm, dry setting, with bugs and critters excluded, you get mummification.
4
The body has been protected inside that container and thus preserved by natural mummification.
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It's believed the mummification process was accidental and resulted from the region's ice-cold climate.
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The bodies were not embalmed, and the extended position and mummification were never used.
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Before mummification they removed the internal organs and preserved them.
8
I'd rather have an acid enema followed by living mummification.
9
Following death, the scarcity of body fat may lead to mummification instead of putrefaction.
10
When a body clocks out it trips one of three pathways: putrefaction, mummification, or saponification.
11
Priests would wear jackal masks during the mummification process.
12
The first service was that of mummification, which necessitated numbers of workers for its accomplishment.
13
This desiccation would pass for a kind of mummification.
14
Dead bodies can be preserved in bogs and glaciers, but most survive because of mummification.
15
Describe embalmment, mummification, desiccation, or if antiseptic precautions are taken, and subsequent disposal of remains.
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It was carried furthest by the Egyptians, among whom it led to the practice of mummification.
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