| NOUN | state | desiccation, dehydration | dryness resulting from the removal of water |
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| process | desiccation, dehydration, drying up, evaporation | the process of extracting moisture |
| Sounds | deh.sahkey'shahn | |
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| Rhymes | Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn... | |
| Meaning | dryness resulting from the removal of water. | |
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| Synonym | dehydration | |
| Broader | dryness, waterlessness, xerotes | The condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid / liquid (especially water) |
| Spanish | desecación, deshidratación | |
| Catalan | deshidratació | |
| Verbs | desiccate | lose water or moisture |
| desiccate | preserve by removing all water and liquids / liquids from | |
| desiccate | remove water from | |
| Meaning | The process of extracting moisture. | |
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| Synonyms | dehydration, drying up, evaporation | |
| Part of | plastination | A process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues |
| Narrower | freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation | A method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure |
| inspissation | The process of thickening by dehydration | |
| Broader | extraction | The process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means |
| Spanish | desecación, deshidratación | |
| Catalan | deshidratació, dessecació | |
| Verbs | desiccate | preserve by removing all water and liquids / liquids from |
| desiccate | remove water from | |
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