What's the difference between mummification and wrapping?

Mummification


Definition:

  • (n.) The act of making a mummy.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) With outdoor exposure, remains are more likely to pass through a long period of dehydration of outer tissues, mummification, and reduction of desiccated tissue.
  • (2) There are still disputes over mummy portraits, for example whether they were done while the subjects were alive or after they were dead, as part of the 70-day mummification process.
  • (3) For 4,732 pregnancies followed from 2,163 cows in a 6.5 year period, the respective proportions (percentage) of cows aborting (1--cumulative proportion not aborting by 260 days) and abortion densities (abortions per 10,000 cow-days-at-risk) were 10.63 and 6.29 for all fetal deaths, 9.36 and 5.49 for deaths resulting in fetal expulsion, and 1.39 and 0.80 for deaths resulting in mummification.
  • (4) The unvaccinated ewes responded to the infection with abortion, resorption of the fetus, mummification or no changes at all.
  • (5) Detection of the positive antibody was associated with clinical herd history of increased mummification, stillbirth and neonatal death.
  • (6) The spectrum and degree of limb gangrene ranged from phalangeal necrosis to distal limb mummification affecting one or more limbs.
  • (7) to correct cases of fetal mummification in two Holstein cows are described.
  • (8) The main purpose of such exposures of the injured areas is to achieve mummification and to make the operation as early as possible.
  • (9) The radiological findings provided further information regarding the technique of mummification and the method of burial.
  • (10) There was graphic depiction of the mummification process that corroborated information previously obtained from Egyptological studies.
  • (11) The virus crosses the placenta readily and can cause foetal death with resorption, mummification or stillbirths.
  • (12) The greatest degree of mummification was seen with the calcium hydroxide-saline paste.
  • (13) Although fetuses are normally resorbed prior to calcification, fetal death after that stage of development leads to mummification.
  • (14) Occurrence and type (resorption, abortion, stillbirth, mummification) of pregnancy loss in the dog and cat depend on the cause of the loss and the stage of gestation at which it occurs.
  • (15) Evidence is reviewed in support of the hypothesis that immature unkeratinized fetal skin must be present if bovine fetal mummification is to occur.
  • (16) The virus caused fetal reabsorption in swine during the first period of pregnancy (group A), while infection during late pregnancy resulted in still birth or normal pigs and one mummification (group B).
  • (17) He has told us of mummification and mass graves; the heads once displayed on spikes at the entrance to London Bridge; and the bodies that washed up in dead man's hole in the Thames, before being taken to a mortuary.
  • (18) Aspergillus ochraceus Wilhelm was isolated from Rhipicephalus sanguineus (Latreille) ticks infected under natural conditions, and developing an illness characterized by absence of oviposition, mummification and death.
  • (19) These features included abortion, mummification, stillbirth, premature and term birth of weak calves and full-term birth of live apparently healthy calves.
  • (20) Artificial mummification was practised in Egypt from approximately 2600 BC until the fourth century AD.

Wrapping


Definition:

  • (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wrap

Example Sentences:

  • (1) The popularly used procedure in Great Britain is that in which a sheet of Ivalon sponge is sutured to the sacrum and wrapped around the rectum thus anchoring it in place.
  • (2) Undaunted by the sickening swell of the ocean and wrapped up against the chilly wind, Straneo, of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, one of the world's leading oceanographic research centres, continues to take measurements from the waters as the long Arctic dusk falls.
  • (3) Gastric reservoir reduction, wrapping the stomach with an inert fabric, is one such procedure.
  • (4) His wrists were shown wrapped in tape with “MIKE BROWN” and “MY KIDS MATTER” written on them.
  • (5) By sharing insights and best practice expertise through [the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Sustainability Action Plan] esap and other platforms, Wrap believes business models such as trade-in services will be a reality in the next three to five years.” The actions of the 51 signatories to esap include: implementing new business models such as take-back and resale; extending product durability; and gaining greater value from reuse and recycling.
  • (6) This is such a difficult area for prosecutors to wrap their hands around.
  • (7) 8.25am BST As the day draws to a close it is time to bid the readers adieu and wrap up the live-blog for the day.
  • (8) Thought I'd relax and watch the final quarter of this game having wrapped that up.
  • (9) The stamps, which were similar in paper and size to Japanese 10-yen postage stamps, were wrapped around the penis before sleep and the stamp ring was checked for breakage the next morning.
  • (10) Epithelioid-cell tumors contained multinucleated cells and areas of cell wrapping more frequently than did spindle-cell tumors.
  • (11) Perhaps Silver and company would have been a bit more methodical if this embarrassing story had sprung up during the offseason or in early fall, when casual fans are wrapped up in football.
  • (12) For prophylactics of the commissural process the area of connection of main vessels of the artificial circulation apparatus (ACA) in 56 patients was wrapped up by teflon in order to ease reoperation.
  • (13) Once considered his nation's political tour de force, Anwar Ibrahim has spent the greater part of the past two decades in jail, wrapped up in court proceedings and enduring what he calls a long-standing smear campaign – from being labelled a chauvinist and Zionist to facing accusations that he is homosexual, guilty of sodomy and anti-Muslim.
  • (14) They wrapped the heads of these 41 infants with a dry linen cloth.
  • (15) Resection of malignant lesion and wrapping of aneurysm were carried out in all three patients simultaneously.
  • (16) Isner wrapped up the first set in 49 minutes and then cruised through the second two untroubled in the hot conditions in front of almost 7,000 fans.
  • (17) This region of the DNA helix is fully protected, indicating that the RNA polymerase wraps around the DNA between base positions -13 and +20.
  • (18) We have recently demonstrated that the application of a pedicled intercostal muscle graft or peritracheal membrane adipose tissue wrap on the bronchial anastomosis improved bronchial healing by restoring a vascular flow across the anastomosis within 7 days after left lung allotransplantation.
  • (19) Over 70 days of age, the combined presence of viral infection and wrapping in excess of 10 togs produced an odds ratio of SUD of 51.5 (95% CI 5.64 to 471.48) compared with wrapping of less than 6 togs.
  • (20) We have a high number of A&E attendances over this time that are due to issues that could have been avoided had people sought advice at the first sign of illness.” The Stay Well This Winter campaign will use TV, radio and social media to encourage people to wrap up warm and consult a pharmacist as soon as they feel unwell rather than waiting.

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