HyperDic: drying_up

English > 1 sense of the expression drying up:
NOUNprocessdrying up, dehydration, desiccation, evaporationthe process of extracting moisture
English > drying up: 1 sense > noun 1, process
MeaningThe process of extracting moisture.
Synonymsdehydration, desiccation, evaporation
Part ofplastinationA process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues
Narrowerfreeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisationA method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure
inspissationThe process of thickening by dehydration
BroaderextractionThe process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
Spanishdesecación, deshidratación
Catalandeshidratació, dessecació

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