Taber's Medical Dictionary
mummification
(mŭm″mĭ-fĭ-kā′shŭn )
[Arabian mumiyaa, mummy, + L. facere, to make]
1. Mortification producing a hard, dry mass.
SYN: SEE: dry gangrene
2. Drying and shriveling of a body, as a dead and retained fetus.
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Citation
Venes, Donald, editor. "Mummification." Taber's Medical Dictionary, 25th ed., F.A. Davis Company, 2025. Taber's Online, www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740017/0/mummification.
Mummification. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740017/0/mummification. Accessed June 30, 2026.
Mummification. (2025). In Venes, D. (Ed.), Taber's Medical Dictionary (25th ed.). F.A. Davis Company. https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740017/0/mummification
Mummification [Internet]. In: Venes DD, ed. Taber's Medical Dictionary. F.A. Davis Company; 2025. [cited 2026 June 30]. Available from: https://www.tabers.com/tabersonline/view/Tabers-Dictionary/740017/0/mummification.
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