Mummification - Definition

n 1: a condition resembling that of a mummy; "bureaucratic
mummification in red tape"
2: (pathology) gangrene that develops in the presence of
arterial obstruction and is characterized by dryness of the
dead tissue and a dark brown color [syn: dry gangrene,
cold gangrene, mumification necrosis, mummification]
3: embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy