Definition of dehydration Dehydration
/diˌhajdɹejˈʃʌn/ - [deehaydreyshun] - de•hy•dra•tion
We found 8 definitions of dehydration from 6 different sources.
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What does dehydration mean?
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NounPlural: dehydrations |
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| dehydration - the process of extracting moisture | ||
| desiccation, drying up, evaporation | ||
| extraction the action of taking out something (especially using effort or force); "the dentist gave her a local anesthetic prior to the extraction" | ||
| plastination a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened; "the plastination of specimens is valuable for research and teaching" | ||
| freeze-drying, lyophilisation, lyophilization a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes | ||
| dehydration - dryness resulting from the removal of water | ||
| desiccation | ||
| waterlessness, xerotes, dryness the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water) | ||
| dehydration - depletion of bodily fluids | ||
| thirst, thirstiness a physiological need to drink | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- dehydration (n.)
The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.
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dehydration
A condition that results from excessive loss of water from a living organism.
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Dehydration (hypohydration) means less water in something. The word comes from the ancient Greek word for water, "hydor".
When people are dehydrated, they have lost so much water in their body that their bodies no longer work in the right way.
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🔤- dehydration, noun, singular of dehydrations.
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