dehydration

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act or process of removing water from something.
The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.

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dehydration dehydrations

From de- + hydration.

hypohydration drying desiccation

chronic cellular dehydration cryodehydration cyclodehydration dehydration reaction redehydration

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