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Noun desiccation has 2 senses

• desiccation(n = noun.state) dehydration - dryness resulting from the removal of water; Array
is a kind of dryness, waterlessness, xerotes
Derived forms verb desiccate₃, verb desiccate₂, verb desiccate₁

• desiccation(n = noun.process) dehydration, 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 desiccate₂, verb desiccate₁

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desiccation

Dryness

N dryness, siccity, aridity, drought, ebb tide, low water, exsiccation, desiccation, arefaction, dephlegmation, drainage, drier, desiccative, dessicator, dessicator, hair drier, clothes drier, gas drier, electric drier, vacuum oven, drying oven, kiln, lyophilizer, clothesline, dry, anhydrous, arid, adust, arescent, dried, undamped, juiceless, sapless, sear, husky, rainless, without rain, fine, dry as a bone, dry as dust, dry as a stick, dry as a mummy, dry as a biscuit, water proof, water tight, dehydrated, dessicated.

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