Meaning | The process of extracting moisture. |
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Synonyms | dehydration, desiccation, evaporation |
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Part of | plastination | A process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues |
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Narrower | freeze-drying, lyophilization, lyophilisation | A method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure |
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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 |
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Spanish | desecación, deshidratación |
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Catalan | deshidratació, dessecació |
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