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Noun dehydration has 3 senses

• dehydration(n = noun.state) desiccation - dryness resulting from the removal of water; Array
is a kind of dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
Derived forms verb dehydrate₃, verb dehydrate₂, verb dehydrate₁

• dehydration(n = noun.state) Array - depletion of bodily fluids; Array
is a kind of thirst, thirstiness
Derived forms verb dehydrate₃, verb dehydrate₂

• dehydration(n = noun.process) desiccation, drying up, evaporation - the process of extracting moisture; Array
is a kind of extraction
has particulars: freeze-drying, lyophilisation, lyophilization, inspissation
is a part of plastination
Derived forms verb dehydrate₃, verb dehydrate₂, verb dehydrate₁

THESAURUS

dehydration

air-drying, anhydration, blast-freezing, bottling, brining, canning, corning, curing, dehumidification, desiccation, drainage, dry-curing, drying, drying up, embalming, evaporation, freeze-drying, freezing, fuming, insolation, irradiation, jerking, marination, mummification, pickling, potting, quick-freezing, refrigeration, salting, seasoning, smoking, stuffing, taxidermy, tinning, withering

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