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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[Cf. F.

dessiccation

The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.

Noun.

The act of making dry; the state of being dried.

desiccation ‎(plural desiccations)

(uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated
An act or occurrence of desiccating
- 1968, M.W. Service, “The Ecology of the Immature Stages of Aedes detritus”, in Journal of Applied Ecology, volume 5, number 3:
  The most important mortality affecting the larval population was most probably caused by the repeated desiccations of the marsh in the summer.

The state or process of being desiccated