| dehydration | | |
| n. (state) | 1. dehydration, desiccation | dryness resulting from the removal of water. |
| ~ dryness, waterlessness, xerotes | the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water). |
| n. (state) | 2. dehydration | depletion of bodily fluids. |
| ~ thirst, thirstiness | a physiological need to drink. |
| n. (process) | 3. dehydration, desiccation, drying up, evaporation | the process of extracting moisture. |
| ~ 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" |
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