(v. t.) To embalm and dry as a mummy; to make into, or like, a mummy.
Example Sentences:
(1) Factors associated with incidence of mummified fetuses at 7, 9, 11, 13 and 15 wk of gestation were determined in a cross-sectional design involving 209 pregnant pigs.
(2) Tissues from mummified fetuses should be cultured and examined by fluorescent antibody techniques for viruses.
(3) A 34-year-old man had an unusual mummified cutaneous mixed tumor that developed shortly after trauma.
(4) Many of the bodies are mummified, most of them were not interred, but deposited in caves.
(5) At the same time in serological examination (in the antibody neutralization test) of bird pellets, 52 mummified cadavers, and 34 excretion samples of mammalian beasts of prey collected in Armenia (its central and North-Western part) in 1973 the antigen of tularemia microbe was revealed in 73, 8, and 3, and of plagye--in 42, 5, and 1 cases, respectively.
(6) A well-preserved mummified child from about A.D. 1200 was recovered fron Canyon de Chelly in northeastern Arizona in 1971.
(7) The results suggest that evaluation of the relative proportions of Mu-type element components and, possibly, other maize genomic components in single mummified kernels, may offer a new key to the study of ancient maize populations.
(8) Proposed methods for softening mummified fingers have been either unsuccessful in adequately softening the fingers or have been highly destructive.
(9) Those that developed antibody during the middle third of pregnancy had fewer piglets born alive, more stillborn piglets and more mummified foetuses.
(10) An outbreak of porcine parvovirus infection caused the preweaning mortality and number of mummified fetuses to increase to 50% and 4.10 per litter, respectively.
(11) These complex studies indicated the samples to be naturally mummified human brain tissue and that this process had occurred due to specific conditions within the cranial cavities after burial.
(12) And my mind turned again to Michael Gove , who, to put their relationship in terms of Gove’s beloved Dennis Wheatley, is the supplicant Simon Aron to Boris’s satanic Mocata, their joint prize the mummified phallus of Conservative party power.
(13) Atomic absorption spectrophotometry of tissue cations suggests a correlation between degree of preservation of mummified tissue and levels of sodium salts (natron) in the tissue.
(14) Quaint language and interesting historical associations are no justification for preserving obsolete statutes in a mummified state.
(15) In experiments designed to assess sex chromatin in artificially mummified and heated pulp tissue, a method was devised that successfully separates cells while minimizing nuclear damage.
(16) A mummified crocodile in the back streets of Oxford might not be an obvious guardian for one of life's great mysteries.
(17) Sows infected with Ls-1 produced piglets or mummified fetuses that were virus-negative.
(18) This report details a fingerprinting technique for softening mummified fingers and hands using Metaflow and Restorative, a fluid for rehydration of desiccated tissue.
(19) While sterilizing a cat, a mummified pup is found in her abdominal cavity.
(20) Fetus papyraceus is a mummified, compressed fetus occurring in association with a viable twin.
Mummy
Definition:
(n.) A dead body embalmed and dried after the manner of the ancient Egyptians; also, a body preserved, by any means, in a dry state, from the process of putrefaction.
(n.) Dried flesh of a mummy.
(n.) A gummy liquor that exudes from embalmed flesh when heated; -- formerly supposed to have magical and medicinal properties.
(n.) A brown color obtained from bitumen. See Mummy brown (below).
(n.) A sort of wax used in grafting, etc.
(n.) One whose affections and energies are withered.
(v. t.) To embalm; to mummify.
Example Sentences:
(1) Structures resembling red blood cells have been seen in mummies, but have been considered by some to be artifacts or molds.
(2) Three beautifully restored mummy portraits of well-off young people who were, 2,000 years ago, probably members of a mysterious group called "the 6475" are to go on display at the new home for one of the most important Egyptian collections in the world.
(3) If he comes back it’s like he’s got away with it.” In the club’s superstore, Zak Dilly and his girlfriend Hannah Betts – who have just chosen a babygrow for their niece with the slogan “Mummy taught me ABC, Daddy taught me SUFC” – are clear about whose side they are on.
(4) "It is not by any means the end of the road because the technology is moving on rapidly all the time, and we're hoping in the next few years we'll be able to continue scanning more mummies and revealing more remarkable facts."
(5) Three Pharaonic mummies, preserved for thousand of years, had fiberoptic endoscopy carried out of the cranial, thoracic and abdominal cavities.
(6) No cases of this disease have been seen in Peruvian mummies while in Chile it seems quite common, suggesting some environmental factor in the etiology.
(7) 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.
(8) The bile acids of the gall bladder and hepatic tissue of a 3200-year-old Egyptian mummy were isolated by thin-layer chromatography and identified by combined gas-liquid chromatrography and mass spectrometry.
(9) Common issues also included the books being of poor quality, getting basic facts wrong (such as referring to same-sex adopters as mummy and daddy) or being completed by someone who had never met the child.
(10) One female mummy is displayed with a translation of an offering inscription, which visitors will be invited to recite to ensure her food supply in the next world.
(11) It is worthwhile to note the suggestive role of mummy cells in pathological diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease.
(12) And Mummy said darling, do you remember Bodrum when Nanny walked into pre-lunch drinks on the gulet, of course everyone was incredibly kind, bringing her a Tizer and some After Eights before the men threw her in the sea, the gentlest of hints but basically she never left the lower decks again?
(13) A 500-year-old mummy of a seven-month-old Eskimo infant recently removed from a tomb north of Umanak presented problems of preservation.
(14) The museum has been x-raying mummies since the 1960s but, as the technology has improved, the results have dramatically improved.
(15) The ancient cultures of Babylon, Jericho, and Egypt used "art-eyes" in mummies, sarcophagus lids, and statues; they were made from precious stones, silver, gold, and copper as a symbol of light and life in their religious beliefs.
(16) The second mummy was a 18-year-old young woman, 800-700 b. C. From the inscriptions on the sarcophagus name, family and living circumstances could be found.
(17) Taylor hopes even more secrets will be revealed in years to come, including being able to read hieroglyphic inscriptions on objects inside the mummies.
(18) Recently I've just been at home enjoying being a mummy, but it's been nine months now and I'm slowly getting ready to return to work.
(19) 17.42 Julie : Mummy, tell the police they must be quick.
(20) Zoe Dronfield set up a support group, I want my Mummy (IWMM), after her abusive ex-partner was given emergency custody of their child.