mummia

plural mummias

1. countablehistoricaluncountableA medicinal preparation of mummified human flesh; mummy.

   "Now let us partake of the holy mummia," he said in commanding tones and the dervishes advanced towards us humbly bearing large silver trays on which were a number of small bowls with pieces of mummia – or at least I presumed it was mummia.

   1974, Lawrence Durrell, Monsieur, Faber & Faber, published 1992, page 120

2. countablehistoricaluncountableAn embalmed corpse wrapped in linen; a mummy.