Associations to the word «Mummification»

Wiktionary

MUMMIFICATION, noun. The preserving of a dead body, by making it into a mummy.

Dictionary definition

MUMMIFICATION, noun. A condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic mummification in red tape".
MUMMIFICATION, noun. (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the dead tissue and a dark brown color.
MUMMIFICATION, noun. Embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy.

Wise words

Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe. Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.
Aldous Huxley