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Noun: dehydration  `deehI'dreyshun
  1. Dryness resulting from the removal of water
    - desiccation
     
  2. Depletion of bodily fluids
     
  3. The process of extracting moisture
    - desiccation, drying up, evaporation

Derived forms: dehydrations

See also: dehydrate

Type of: dryness, extraction, thirst, thirstiness, waterlessness, xerotes

Part of: plastination

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