This is a real-world medical entrance exam question, please give the true answer based on the question and selection. Topic name: Death and postmortem changes, Subject name: Forensic Medicine
[{'content': 'Mummification refers to - \nSelect and explain. \nA. Hardening of muscle after death, B. Colliquative putrifaction, C. Saponification of subcutaneous fat, D. Dessication of a dead body', 'role': 'user'}, {'content': 'Answer: D \nExplanation: Mummification is drying and shrinking of cadaver from evaporation of water and general appearances of the body are preserved. Dr. Narayana Reddys Synopsis of Forensic Medicine & Toxicology 27 th edition pg. 87.', 'role': 'assistant'}]