MUMMY

Mummy

A mummy is a deceased human or animal whose skin and organs have been preserved by either intentional or accidental exposure to chemicals, extreme cold, very low humidity, or lack of air, so that the recovered body will not decay further if kept in cool and dry conditions. Some authorities restrict the use of the term to bodies deliberately embalmed with chemicals, but the use of the word to cover accidentally desiccated bodies goes back to at least 1615 CE.

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mummy

Noun

  1. An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians.
  2. Any naturally preserved human or animal body.
  3. The dried flesh of a mummy.
  4. A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh.
  5. A pulp.
  6. A brown pigment obtained from bitumen, also called mummy brown.
  7. A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
  8. One whose affections and energies are withered.

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A child's term for mother.

Verb

  1. To mummify.


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