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
Mummification refers to - 
Select and explain. 
A. Hardening of muscle after death, B. Colliquative putrifaction, C. Saponification of subcutaneous fat, D. Dessication of a dead body
D: Dessication of a dead body
Answer: D: Dessication of a dead body 
Explanation: 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.