mummification /mum·mi·fi·ca·tion/ (mum″ĭ-fĭ-ka´shun) the shriveling up of a tissue, as in dry gangrene, or of a dead, retained fetus.
mummification
mum·mi·fi·ca·tion (m m  -f -k  shn)n. The shrivelling of a dead and retained fetus. |
mummification
[mum′ifikā′shən]
Etymology: Per, mum, wax; L, facere, to make
a dried-up state, such as occurs in dry gangrene or a dead fetus in utero.
Mummification
Forensic pathology A process that follows death in arid climates, in which the body becomes dry and leathery
mummification
conversion to a dehydrated state; commonly said of a fetus. The soft tissues are very much reduced in volume, the skin is leathery and the tissues are deeply brown-stained.
corneal mummification
see corneal sequestrum.
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