English Explanatory Dictionary

exsiccation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture.

Word forms

exsiccation exsiccations

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin exsiccatio, exsiccationis, from Latin exsicco: compare French exsiccation.

Related words

exsiccant exsiccate desiccation

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