mumia, n.Definitions

Mumia (n.) was ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠ground mummy, long sold in European pharmacy for its supposed virtues; Khunrath made it a synonym of the prima materia, and Paracelsus a physical life-principle.