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Webster 1913 Edition


Depletion

De-ple′tion

,
Noun.
[Cf. F.
déplétion
.]
1.
The act of depleting or emptying.
2.
(Med.)
the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.

Webster 1828 Edition


Depletion

DEPLETION

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Noun.
[L. To fill.] The act of emptying; particularly, in the medical art, the act of diminishing the quantity of blood in the vessels by venesection; bloodletting.

Definition 2024


déplétion

déplétion

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French

Noun

déplétion f (plural déplétions)

  1. depletion