MUMMY

An Illustrated Encyclopedic Medical Dictionary · 1894 · p. 2

n. Mu3m'mia. Fr., momie. Ger., Mumie. It., mummia. Sp., momi a. A corpse preserved in a dry state from the proce of putrefaction; especially one embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians. [L, 30, 37, 41, 44, 49 (a, 14).] [s. 39]