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corification

corification noun: a post-mortem preservation phenomenon that causes a substantial delay in the decomposition process.

Noun

corification (countable and uncountable, plural corifications)

  1. A post-mortem preservation phenomenon that causes a substantial delay in the decomposition process.

Forms of corification

pluralcorifications

Origin of corification

From core + -ification.

Questions about corification

What does corification mean?
Corification means a post-mortem preservation phenomenon that causes a substantial delay in the decomposition process.
What part of speech is corification?
Corification is a noun.
What is the plural of corification?
The plural of corification is corifications.

Words near corification in the dictionary

  1. Corideo
  2. coridine
  3. Coriell
  4. Coriells
  5. cories
  6. corification
  7. corifollitropin
  8. Corigliano
  9. Coriglianos
  10. corilagin
  11. corillid

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