dehydration Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun dryness resulting from the removal of water
    desiccation.
  2. noun depletion of bodily fluids
  3. noun the process of extracting moisture
    desiccation; drying up; evaporation.

WordNet


De`hy*dra"tion noun
Definitions
  1. (Chem.) The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

Webster 1913