Mummification refers to -: (A) Hardening of muscle after death, (B) Colliquative putrifaction, (C) Saponification of subcutaneous fat, (D) Dessication of a dead body
Answer is D. 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.