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Webster 1913 Edition

Dehydration

Deˊhy-dra′tion

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Noun.

(Chem.)

The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

Definition 2024

dehydration

dehydration

English

Noun

dehydration ‎(plural dehydrations)

The act or process of removing water from something.
The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.

Synonyms

hypohydration

Translations

act or process of freeing from water

Catalan: deshidratació f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 脫水 (zh), 脱水 (zh) ‎(tuōshuǐ)
Czech: dehydratace f
Esperanto: dehidratiĝo
Finnish: kuivuminen (fi)
French: déshydratation (fr) f
Galician: deshidratación (gl) f
German: Austrocknung (de) f, Entwässerung (de) f, Dehydration (de) f
Greek: αφυδάτωση (el) f ‎(afydátosi)
Italian: disidratazione

Japanese: 脱水 ‎(だっすい, dassui)
Khmer:
Manx: jee-ushtaghey m
Maori: whakamaroketanga
Polish: odwodnienie n
Portuguese: desidratação (pt) f
Romanian: deshidratare (ro)
Russian: обезво́живание (ru) n ‎(obezvóživanije), дегидрата́ция (ru) f ‎(dɛgidratácija)
Spanish: deshidratación (es) f
Swedish: uttorkning c, dehydrering c
Tagalog: hitubig
Telugu: నిర్జలీకరణము (te) ‎(nirjalīkaraṇamu)

condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels

Arabic: جَفاف m ‎(jafāf), تَجْفاف m ‎(tajfāf)