desiccation (redirected from desiccation keratitis)

des·ic·cate  (ds-kt)

v. des·ic·cat·ed, des·ic·cat·ing, des·ic·cates

v.tr.

1. To dry out thoroughly.

2. To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture. See Synonyms at dry.

3. To make dry, dull, or lifeless.

v.intr.

To become dry; dry out.

adj. also (-kt)

Lacking spirit or animation; arid: "There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind" (J.R. Salamanca).

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[Latin dsiccre, dsicct- : d-, de- + siccre, to dry up (from siccus, dry).]

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desic·cation n.

desic·cative adj.

desic·cator n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	desiccation - dryness resulting from the removal of water dehydration dryness, waterlessness, xerotes - the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)
	2.	desiccation - the process of extracting moisture drying up, evaporation, dehydration 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

desiccation [ˌdesɪˈkeɪʃən] N → desecación f

desiccation [ˌdɛsɪˈkeɪʃ^ən] n → dessiccation f

desiccation

n → Trocknung f, → Trocknen nt