dehydration
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dehydration
- /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/ UK
- /dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/ US
Rhymes with -eɪʃən
noun dehydrations
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The act or process of removing water from something.
Similar: drying, desiccation
- The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough. The runner was taken to hospital suffering from severe dehydration.
Similar: hypohydration
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: evaporation, dessication, drying up, desiccation, dryness, rehydration, drought, thirsty, encapsulation, dewatering, hydration, thirst, aridity, parching, drying, waterlessness
noun
Similar: hypohydration
Translations
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noun act or process of freeing from water
| Español | deshidratación |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 탈수 talsu |
| 日本語 | 脱水 dassui |
| 中文 | 脫水 /脱水 tuōshuǐ |
| Português | desidratação |
| Français | déshydratation |
| Deutsch | Austrocknung, Entwässerung, Dehydration |
| Italiano | disidratazione |
| Ελληνικά | αφυδάτωση afydátosi |
| Română | deshidratare |
| Русский | обезво́живание obezvóživanije, дегидрата́ция dɛgidratácija |
noun condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
| 한국어 | 탈수 |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 脫水 /脱水 tuōshuǐ |
| Kiswahili | upungufu wa maji mwilini |
| Français | déshydratation |
| Deutsch | Dehydration, Dehydrierung, Austrocknung |
| Русский | дегидрата́ция degidratácija |
| العربية | جَفاف jafāf, تَجْفاف tajfāf |
Talk about this word "dehydration." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/dehydration. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. dehydration. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/dehydration "dehydration." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/dehydration.Cite this
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title = {dehydration},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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