Kuumitsa mtembo kumaphatikizapo kuteteza thupi la munthu wakufa mwazochita mwadala. Njira zamakono zamakono zimatetezera izi (zosakhalitsa) pogwiritsira ntchito mankhwala, monga formaldehyde ndi glutaraldehyde, zomwe zimayikidwa mu kayendetsedwe ka kayendedwe ka magazi ndi ziwalo za thupi pamene magazi ndi madzi ena amachotsedwa.
Poyesa "imodzi mwazochita zamakono zoposa zamitundu yonse," Aigupto adayambitsa kuumitsa pafupi 3200 BC chifukwa ankakhulupirira kuti chiwukitsiro chachipembedzo chikachitika kokha kuti matupi asungidwe bwino. Masiku ano, makamaka ku United States ndi Canada, matupi a wakufa amalandira kuumitsa chifukwa cha zifukwa zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo:
• Banja likamafuna maliro ndi thupi likupezeka pamatsekete
• Kupatsa nthawi kuti abambo ndi okondedwa awo azipita kumaliro a mandawo ndi / kapena kupembedzera
• Pamene thupi liyenera kuyenda patali kwambiri kuti likhale lachidziwitso, monga pamene imfa imapezeka kunja
• kusunga mtembo kwa kanthawi kafukufuku wa zachipatala kapena kufufuza kwa ana
Mawu Oyamba
Mawu omaliza amachokera m'zaka za m'ma 1400 mawu akuti "embaumen," kutanthauza "kugwiritsa ntchito mafuta kapena mafuta." Liwu limenelo limachokera ku liwu lakale la Chigriki, "embausmer," kutanthauza "kusunga mtembo ndi zonunkhira." N'zosadabwitsa kuti mawu akuti "mafuta" (m'zinenero zosiyanasiyana za chikhalidwe) amatanthauza "mafuta onunkhira opangidwa kuchokera ku resin ndi mafuta," monga basamu, zonunkhira, mkungudza, zonunkhira, ndi zina zotero.
- zinthu zomwe kawirikawiri zimagwiritsidwa ntchito ndi Aigupto akale ndi zikhalidwe zina panthawi yopaka mafuta.
Mafananidwe
Kuumitsa mtembo kungathenso kutchulidwa ngati kutetezedwa thupi, kusungika kanthawi kochepa, kapena mawu otchedwa thanatopraxy (mawu achi French).
> Zotsatira:
> "Chiyambi ndi Mbiri ya Kuumitsa" ndi Edward C. Johnson, Gail R. Johnson > ndi > Melissa Johnson. Kuumitsa: Mbiri, Nthano, ndi Kuchita Gulu lachisanu, ndi Robert G. Mayer. Zolemba za wolemba.
> "mtsempha (v.)." Online Etymology Dictionary.
> "mandimu (n.)." Online Etymology Dictionary.