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mummification (medicine)


mummification


Synonym: dry gangrene.

2. Shrivelling of a dead, retained foetus.

3. In dentistry, treatment of inflamed dental pulp with fixative drugs (usually formaldehyde derivatives) in order to retain teeth so treated for relatively short periods; generally acceptable only for primary (deciduous) teeth.

Origin: mummy + L. Facio, to make