mummificationn.

Brit.

/ˌmʌmᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S.

/ˌməməfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: mummify v.

Etymology: < mummify v. (see -fication suffix), after French momification (1789 in sense ‘transformation of a body into a mummy’, 1840 in sense ‘desiccation of a dead fetus in the uterus’).

1. The process of mummifying or of becoming mummified; the fact of being preserved as a mummy. Also in extended use.

ΘΚΠ

the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > mummifying

mummification1800

mummifying1866

1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 430 Mummification, the means by which saints were fabricated, is a thing not uncommon.

1836 R. M. Bird Sheppard Lee II. vii x. 256 I was in danger of being Lynched, or subjected to a second process of mummification.

1887 J. H. McCarthy in Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 297 If indeed the epithet ‘Chinese’, as applied to such a condition of torpidity of mummification, be not an insult to the Celestial empire.

1907 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 37 202 Small tombs..in which the body lies without any trace of mummification.

1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xvii. 329 Tattooing and mummification similarly obtained among the Aleutian Islanders.

1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking v. ixx. 370 Canning has all but ruined the reputation..of sauerkraut in this country, since..the cabbage [is] far too tired from mummification in a can.

1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) I. 452/2 His stay in Egypt led to an interest in mummification methods.

2. Pathological drying and hardening of animal or plant tissues, esp. those of a dead fetus, a fruit affected by brown rot, or a parasitized insect.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > alteration of tissue > drying

mummification1850

1850 R. P. Thomas tr. P. Cazeaux Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Midwifery 152 At other times, it seems to have undergone a kind of mummification, a complete drying up.

1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 11 The limb..may dry up..and become converted into a black shrunken mass, which undergoes but little further change:—this constitutes Dry Gangrene or Mummification.

1920 Bot. Gaz. 69 529 It appears probable that the primary cause of rot and mummification of the date fruit is the attack of Alternaria.

1954 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 143 60 All the grafts in which maceration or ischaemic mummification were not so advanced..were removed, fixed and sectioned.

1986 Entomophaga 31 337 Aphids parasitized in the 1st instar almost never reached the adult stage before mummification.

1997 Animal Reprod. Sci. 45 311 Mummification had begun in the foetus that had been dead for 2 days before expulsion.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mummification
释义	mummificationn. Brit. /ˌmʌmᵻfᵻˈkeɪʃn/, U.S. /ˌməməfəˈkeɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: Formed within English, by derivation; modelled on a French lexical item. Etymon: mummify v. Etymology: < mummify v. (see -fication suffix), after French momification (1789 in sense ‘transformation of a body into a mummy’, 1840 in sense ‘desiccation of a dead fetus in the uterus’). 1. The process of mummifying or of becoming mummified; the fact of being preserved as a mummy. Also in extended use. ΘΚΠ the world > life > death > disposal of corpse > preparation or treatment of corpse > [noun] > mummifying mummification1800 mummifying1866 1800 tr. E. J. B. Bouillon-Lagrange Man. Course Chem. II. 430 Mummification, the means by which saints were fabricated, is a thing not uncommon. 1836 R. M. Bird Sheppard Lee II. vii x. 256 I was in danger of being Lynched, or subjected to a second process of mummification. 1887 J. H. McCarthy in Gentleman's Mag. Mar. 297 If indeed the epithet ‘Chinese’, as applied to such a condition of torpidity of mummification, be not an insult to the Celestial empire. 1907 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 37 202 Small tombs..in which the body lies without any trace of mummification. 1923 D. A. Mackenzie Myths China & Japan xvii. 329 Tattooing and mummification similarly obtained among the Aleutian Islanders. 1986 B. Fussell I hear Amer. Cooking v. ixx. 370 Canning has all but ruined the reputation..of sauerkraut in this country, since..the cabbage [is] far too tired from mummification in a can. 1992 Cambr. Encycl. Human Evol. (1994) I. 452/2 His stay in Egypt led to an interest in mummification methods. 2. Pathological drying and hardening of animal or plant tissues, esp. those of a dead fetus, a fruit affected by brown rot, or a parasitized insect. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > a disease > diseases of tissue > [noun] > alteration of tissue > drying mummification1850 1850 R. P. Thomas tr. P. Cazeaux Theoret. & Pract. Treat. Midwifery 152 At other times, it seems to have undergone a kind of mummification, a complete drying up. 1873 T. H. Green Introd. Pathol. & Morbid Anat. (ed. 2) 11 The limb..may dry up..and become converted into a black shrunken mass, which undergoes but little further change:—this constitutes Dry Gangrene or Mummification. 1920 Bot. Gaz. 69 529 It appears probable that the primary cause of rot and mummification of the date fruit is the attack of Alternaria. 1954 Proc. Royal Soc. B. 143 60 All the grafts in which maceration or ischaemic mummification were not so advanced..were removed, fixed and sectioned. 1986 Entomophaga 31 337 Aphids parasitized in the 1st instar almost never reached the adult stage before mummification. 1997 Animal Reprod. Sci. 45 311 Mummification had begun in the foetus that had been dead for 2 days before expulsion. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1800
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