mummification

mummification
1. SYN: dry gangrene. 2. Shrivelling of a dead, retained fetus. 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. [mummy + L. facio, to make]

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mum·mi·fi·ca·tion .məm-i-fə-'kā-shən n
1) the process of mummifying or the state of being mummified
2) the devitalization of a tooth pulp followed by amputation of the coronal portion leaving the remainder of the devitalized tissue in the tooth canal
3) DRY GANGRENE

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n.
1. the conversion of dead tissue into a hard shrunken mass, chiefly by dehydration.
2. (in dentistry) the application of a fixative to the dental pulp to prevent decomposition.

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mum·mi·fi·ca·tion (mum″ĭ-fĭ-kaґshən) conversion into a state resembling that of a mummy, such as occurs in dry gangrene, or the shriveling and drying up of a dead fetus.

Medical dictionary. 2011.

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