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dehydration

dehydration

3 3.4
Removing water from food or other things to make them dry
  • noun
  • /ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪʃən/
translation icon : deshidratación
  • There are no records detailing how the Palermo mummies were preserved, but dehydration was certainly the central process.
  • dehydration process
  • dehydration method

Examples

  • Symptoms of dehydration include extreme thirst and dizziness.

  • Leaf yellowing, dehydration, and loss of aroma can set in quickly after culling.

    Academic text (2006)
  • An option that I've found to be at least as good is dehydration of food.

    Blog text (20)
  • The alternative was to convert food waste into livestock feed via a large-scale dehydration process.

    Academic text (2000)
  • As most music classrooms do not provide adequate drinking water for children who are singing, dehydration can become a problem.

    Academic text (2006)
  • Underlying causes included hypotension or hypoglycemia related to excessive medications, dehydration, tachycardia, bradycardia, and GI bleeding.

    Academic text (2006)
  • If you don't drink enough water, dehydration can cause serious health problems.

  • To prevent dehydration, make sure to drink fluids regularly, especially during hot weather.

Synonyms

dryness
vsdehydration
8 1.0

Lack of water or wetness in something

can mean the active process of losing moisture as well as the state
desiccation
vsdehydration
  • Specialized
2 8.6

A process that removes water from something so it becomes very dry

includes the general act or state of losing moisture but not always extreme
drying up
vsdehydration
1 3.2

A process in which water leaves something until it is no longer wet

can mean either the same removing action or the resulting lack of moisture
dehumidification
vsdehydration
  • Specialized
6.0

To remove water from air or a room to keep it dry

is the general process or state of losing moisture, not limited to air or spaces
waterlessness
vsdehydration
8.2

The lack of water in a place

is broader and can refer to both removal process and absence state

Antonyms

14 3.7

The process of something taking in water

How Dry

desiccation
  • Specialized
2 8.6
dehydration
3 3.4
drying up
1 3.2

Surface Forms

dehydration singular
dehydrations plural

Morphology

dehydration = dehydrate (semi-transparent) = de + hydr + ate + ion

The noun is a regular and readily interpretable process-or-state formation from the verb 'dehydrate'.

Etymology

Dehydration comes from the parts de- 'remove' and hydr- 'water', from an old Greek word. It literally means taking water out of something, which is why we use it for drying food or making powdered milk.