MUMMIFICATION

n. Mu3m-i2-fl2-ka's hu3n. Lat., mumiflcatio (from mummia, a mummy, and facere, to make). Fr., mom if i cation. Ger., Mum if i cation. 1. The act of mummifying. 2. The state of being mummified. 3. The drying of the parts in dry gangrene. [E.] M. of the fcetus. Fr., mom if i cation du foetus. Ger., Mum if i cation der Frucht. A condition in which the foetus, having dried from innutrition, becomes soft, reduced in size, and sometimes flattened from compre ion, and loses its subcutaneous cellular ti ue. Cf. FCETUS compre us. [s. 39]