<prompt> Mummification refers to -Hardening of muscle after deathColliquative putrifactionSaponification of subcutaneous fatDessication of a dead body  <response>: 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. 