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mummia

mummia [ML < Arab. mūmiyā, mūmiyā‛ < mūm = wax] 1 medicinal preparation from the bituminous substance of Egyptian mummies, mummy powder, liquid, or sim. bolus arme, ~ia, et consolida Gilb. I 72. 1; de mumia grana iij Gad. 134v. 1; ~ia quiddam est quod invenitur in sepulcris Babiloniorum SB 31; ~ia est quidam fructus qui invenitur in sepulcris corporum balsamatorum Alph. 121; mumia versa, pro conversa, liquor est mumiae LC 254b.. 2 mummy, embalmed body of person or animal. mumia, dicitur non solum humana caro, balsamo condita, sed etiam alia quaeque, non per se mortua, sed occisa, et medicata curativae facultatis LC 254b.. 3 (gen.) substance, essence. mumia elementorum, est balsamus elementorum externorum LC 254b; mumia medullae, vel medullis, sunt ossium ipsae medullae Ib.; mumia transmarina, Paracelso est manna Ib..

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