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Mummification Common

Origin: Latin suffix -tion

Mummification has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
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

3

embalmment and drying a dead body and wrapping it as a mummy

4

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

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Broader Terms (hypernyms)
condition gangrene embalmment
Rhyming Words
ion aion tion zion pion sion gion bion fion lion dion cion rion orion obion axion deion trion diion arion
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