dehydration
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- noun
- /ˌdiːhaɪˈdreɪʃən/
- There are no records detailing how the Palermo mummies were preserved, but dehydration was certainly the central process.
- dehydration process
- dehydration method
Examples
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Symptoms of dehydration include extreme thirst and dizziness.
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Leaf yellowing, dehydration, and loss of aroma can set in quickly after culling.
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An option that I've found to be at least as good is dehydration of food.
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The alternative was to convert food waste into livestock feed via a large-scale dehydration process.
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As most music classrooms do not provide adequate drinking water for children who are singing, dehydration can become a problem.
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Underlying causes included hypotension or hypoglycemia related to excessive medications, dehydration, tachycardia, bradycardia, and GI bleeding.
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If you don't drink enough water, dehydration can cause serious health problems.
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To prevent dehydration, make sure to drink fluids regularly, especially during hot weather.
Synonyms
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Lack of water or wetness in something
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A process that removes water from something so it becomes very dry
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To remove water from air or a room to keep it dry
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The lack of water in a place
A process in which water leaves something until it is no longer wet
Antonyms
How Dry
Surface Forms
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.