dehydration

de·hy·dra·tion  (dh-drshn)

n.

1. The process of removing water from a substance or compound.

2. Excessive loss of water from the body or from an organ or body part, as from illness or fluid deprivation.

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dehydration  (dh-drshn)

1. The process of losing or removing water or moisture.

2. A condition caused by the excessive loss of water from the body, which causes a rise in blood sodium levels. Since dehydration is most often caused by excessive sweating, vomiting, or diarrhea, water loss is usually accompanied by a deficiency of electrolytes. If untreated, severe dehydration can lead to shock.

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dehydration

1. the process of dehydrating or removing the water from a substance.
2. the state of being dehydrated.

See also: Water

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dehydration - dryness resulting from the removal of water desiccation dryness, waterlessness, xerotes - the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
	2.	dehydration - depletion of bodily fluids thirst, thirstiness - a physiological need to drink
	3.	dehydration - the process of extracting moisture drying up, evaporation, desiccation extraction - the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means 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 inspissation - the process of thickening by dehydration 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"

Translations

dehydration [dɪːhaɪˈdreɪʃən] n → deshidratación f

dehydration [diːhaɪˈdreɪʃən] n → déshydratation f

dehydration [diːhaɪˈdreɪʃən] n → Austrocknung f, Dehydration f

dehydration [diːhaɪˈdreɪʃən] n → disidratazione f