English Explanatory Dictionary

depletion

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The act of depleting, or the state of being depleted; exhaustion.
  2. The consumption of a resource faster than it can be replenished.
  3. The act of relieving congestion or plethora, by purging, blood-letting, or reduction of the system by abstinence.
  4. gradual expense or use of natural resources over time.

Pronunciation

/dɪˈpliːʃən/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-depletion.wav

Word forms

depletion depletions

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin depletio, depletionem, from depleō.

Related words

deplete

Derived words

allodepletion codepletion depletional haplodepletion hemodepletion hyperdepletion immunodepletion leucodepletion leukodepletion lymphodepletion magnetodepletion mucodepletion myelodepletion nondepletion oxygen depletion photodepletion ribodepletion stimulated emission depletion microscope stimulated emission depletion microscopy
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