(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 "mummification"
Examples for "mummification"
1A jacket sleeve had protected the right hand, sparing it full-out mummification.
2Dru steadied himself, expecting the foul mummification spell he had witnessed earlier.
3In a warm, dry setting, with bugs and critters excluded, you get mummification.
4The body has been protected inside that container and thus preserved by natural mummification.
5It's believed the mummification process was accidental and resulted from the region's ice-cold climate.
1One patient suffered from peripheral dry gangrene, required amputations, and had persistent Raynaud's phenomenon.
2If the part is aseptic it shrivels, and presents the ordinary features of dry gangrene.
3When these measures are successful, dry gangrene ensues.
4They are precisely similar to the cumulative effects of a salt diet in producing scurvy, or of spurred rye in producing dry gangrene.
5All the physical appearances and clinical symptoms associated with dry gangrene supervene, and the dead portion is delimited by a line of demarcation.