(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 "
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 .
5 It's believed the mummification process was accidental and resulted from the region's ice-cold climate.
1 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.
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