dehydration
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
dehydration (countable and uncountable, 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 by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.
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Translations
act or process of freeing from water
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condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
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