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What does mummy mean?

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Noun
  1. (medicine) A substance used in medicine, prepared from mummified flesh. [from 14th c.]
  2. (now rare) A pulp. [from 17th c.]
  3. An embalmed corpse wrapped in linen bandages for burial, especially as practised by the ancient Egyptians. [from 17th c.]
  4. Any naturally preserved human or animal body. [from 18th c.]
  5. (obsolete, horticulture) A sort of wax used in grafting. [18th c.]
  6. (now rare) A brown pigment obtained from bitumen, also called mummy brown. [from 19th c.]
  7. Specifically, a reanimated embalmed human corpse, as a typical character in horror films. [from 20th c.]
Verb
  1. (dated, transitive) To mummify.
Noun
  1. (childish) mother.
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