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Definition: Dehydration |
DehydrationNoun1. Dryness resulting from the removal of water. 2. Depletion of bodily fluids. 3. The process of extracting moisture (as by heat). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Food & Agriculture | Drying grapes by artificial heat to produce raisins. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The desiccation of the bunches of dates under the influence of hot winds. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Health | The condition that results from excessive loss of body water. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | The removal of water from any substance. Source: European Union. (references) |
Medicine | Loss of liquid from the organism as a whole. Source: European Union. (references) |
| The loss or lack of water in the body. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Public Administration | Loss of body water and fluids, with consequent disturbances of the biological balance, caused by insufficient fluid intake or by excessive fluid loss, through shock, metabolic disease or by a combination of these. Source: European Union. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Drying is often used as a method of preserving food and to obtain absolute alcohol.
In humans dehydration can be caused by a wide range of diseases and states that impair water homeostasis in the body.
Examples are :
Correction of a dehydrated state is performed by rehydration, and the addition of necessary electrolytes.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dehydration."
Synonyms: DehydrationSynonyms: desiccation (n), drying up (n), evaporation (n). (additional references) |
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 | Due to severe dehydration, cholera manifests itself in decreased skin turgor, which produces the so-called "Washer Woman's Hand" sign. Credit: CDC. |  | After the poison is collected, the next stage in the production of anti-snakebite serum is dehydration with a vacuum pump. / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud.. |
 | Dehydration turns the snake poison into very fine yellowish crystals ... / WHO p. Credit: National Library of Medicine; photo by D. Henrioud.. |  | Turlock, California. Washing cabbage before dehydration. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Weighing cabbage for dehydration. Regional agricultural research laboratory, Albany, California. Credit: Library of Congress. | ||
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | You have signs of dehydration. (references) | |
Severe dehydration may require hospitalization. (references) | ||
These symptoms may lead to weight loss and dehydration. (references) | ||
Economic History | Uae | The project includes installation of a processing plant for dehydration and compression of gas before reinjection. (references) |
Moldova | The industry consists of eight dehydration plants and the state-run Chisinau Tobacco Factory, which can produce 9.5 billion cigarettes a year. (references) | |
Bangladesh | Under the donor programs, funding will be provided for gas dehydration facilities, the drilling of new wells, better gas distribution, and other components to modernize and improve the existing gas pipeline network. (references) | |
Human Rights | Ghana | In 2000 106 prisoners died in the country's prisons, 5 from malnutrition, 20 from HIV/AIDS, 17 from tuberculosis, 11 from diarrhea or dehydration, and the rest from other illnesses. (references) |
Congo | Guards reportedly sealed the prisoners inside overcrowded containers without ventilation, then denied them all food and water, causing death by dehydration, suffocation, and exhaustion. (references) | |
Travel | Honduras | Take care to use sunscreen and avoid dehydration. (references) |
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| "Dehydration" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dehydration" is used about 119 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 119 | 29,501 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "dehydration"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | dehidratim, tharje (desiccation, drainage, drying, drying up, emaciation, withering), çujësim. (various references) | |
Arabic | جفاف (aridity, aridness, coldness, desiccation, drought, dry, drying up, dryness, exsiccation), الزموهة ازالة الماء. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | дехидрация. (various references) | |
Chinese | 失水. (various references) | |
Czech | dehydratace, dehydrace. (various references) | |
Danish | dehydrering (dehydrating, hypohydration). (various references) | |
Dutch | droging (curing, drying), dehydratie, dehydratatie, dehydratie, dehydratatie, wateronttrekking (drying), uitdroging (curing, desication, desiccation, drying, kraurosis), ontwatering (dewatering, drainage, draining, land drying), ontwateren (dehydrating), exsiccose. (various references) | |
Finnish | dehydraatio, vedenpoisto (dewatering, drainage), nestevajaus, kuivuminen (desiccation, drying, scorching, shrinkage, withering), kuivaus (curing, desiccation, dessication, drying, seasoning), kuivatus (draining, drying), kuivaaminen (seasoning), kosteuden poisto (drying). (various references) | |
French | dessiccation (desiccation), desséchement, déshydratation (dehydrating), déhydration, séchage, exsiccose, exsiccation, échaudage. (various references) | |
German | trocknung (desiccation), entwässerung (drainage), Dehydration, austrocknung (desiccation, shrinkage, withering). (various references) | |
Greek | αφυδάτωση (dehydrating, desiccation, drying, hypohydration). (various references) | |
Hungarian | víztelenítés (bleed, dehydratation), vízelvonás, szárítás (blotting, curing, drying), exszikkáció, dehidratizálás, dehidratálás, dehidrálás, ágyúlövés (cannon shot, gun, gunshot). (various references) | |
Indonesian | dehidrasi, debidrasi, pengeringan (drainage), awahidrat. (various references) | |
Italian | disidratazione (dehydrating, drying), Deidratazione. (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 脱水症 , 脱水 (dessication, evaporation). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | っすいしょう, っすい (dessication, evaporation). (various references) | |
Korean | 탈수함. (various references) | |
Manx | jee-ushtaghey (dehydrate). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ehydrationday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | desidratação (dehydrating, desication, desiccation, drying). (various references) | |
Romanian | deshidratare. (various references) | |
Russian | обезвоживание (drying up). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | dehidracija. (various references) | |
Spanish | deshidratación (drying). (various references) | |
Swedish | dehydrering, vätskebrist, uttorkning (desiccation, dessication, scorching, shrinkage, withering), upptorkning, torkning (airing, drying, evaporation). (various references) | |
Turkish | suyunu çıkarma, kurutma (desiccation, drying). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | збезводнювання (evaporation), дегідратація. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "dehydration": dehydrations. (additional references) | |
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"Dehydration" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: deyhrdation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "dehydration" (pronounced dē'hīdrā"shun) |
| 9 | -ē' h ī d r ā" sh u n | rehydration. |
| 8 | -h ī d r ā" sh u n | hydration. |
| 5 | -r ā" sh u n | filtration, administration, arbitration, calibration, castration, celebration, concentration, conflagration, consecration, demonstration, desecration, disintegration, duration, emigration, frustration, gyration, illustration, immigration, infiltration, integration, libration, migration, ministration, narration, nitration, oration, orchestration, penetration, proration, prostration, registration, sequestration, vibration. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, falsification, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, abdication, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, acidification, activation, adaptation, adjudication, admiration, adoration, adulation, advocation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, allocation, alphabetization, alteration, altercation, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amplification, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, application, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authentication, authorization, automation, aviation, avocation, balkanization, bifurcation, calculation, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, categorization, causation, centralization, certification, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, clarification, classification, coagulation, codification, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communication, communization, compensation, compilation, complication, computation, computerization, concatenation, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, confiscation, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, convocation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, decertification, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, dedication, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, deification, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demarcation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desegregation, desiccation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, detoxication, detoxification, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disembarkation, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, dislocation, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, disqualification, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, diversification, divination, documentation, domestication, domination, donation, dramatization, duplication, echolocation, edification, education, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, electrification, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, embarkation, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, equivocation, eradication, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, evocation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, excommunication, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, explication, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fabrication, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, fortification, foundation, fragmentation, fumigation, gasification, gastrulation, generalization, generation, gentrification, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, glorification, gradation, graduation, granulation, gratification, gravitation, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, identification, illumination, imagination, imitation, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, implication, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indemnification, indentation, indexation, indication, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, intensification, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, intoxication, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, invocation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, justification, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, location, lubrication, machination, magnetization, magnification, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, medication, meditation, menstruation, mineralization, miniaturization, misallocation, misapplication, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscommunication, miscreation, misidentification, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modification, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, multiplication, mummification, mutation, mutilation, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, notification, nucleation, nullification, obfuscation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ossification, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pacification, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, personification, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, pontification, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, prefabrication, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, prognostication, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, protestation, provocation, publication, punctuation, purification, qualification, quantification, quotation, radiation, radicalization, ramification, ratification, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reallocation, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recertification, recitation, reclamation, reclassification, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, rectification, recuperation, redecoration, rededication, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, regulation, rehabilitation, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, relocation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, replication, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, reunification, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, revocation, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanctification, sanitation, saponification, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, simplification, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, sophistication, specialization, specification, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, suffocation, summation, superstation, syndication, tabulation, taxation, telecommunication, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unification, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vacation, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, verification, victimization, vilification, vindication, violation, visitation, visualization, vocation, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-h-i-n-o-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: anhydride, anhydrite, arytenoid, hydration. | |
-3 letters: additory, antherid, antihero, arointed, aroynted, dihedron, hydrated, hyoidean, ordained, ordinate, rationed, threnody, thyreoid. | |
-4 letters: adenoid, adorned, airthed, android, aneroid, another, anthoid, antired, athodyd, dandier, dentoid, detrain, diatron, diehard, dietary, dithery, donated, drained, hairnet, handier, hayride, hoarded, hordein, hydatid, hydrant, hydrate, hydriae, hydride, hydroid, hyenoid, inearth, iodated, radioed, tardyon. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-h-i-n-o-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: dehydrations. | |
+4 letters: dehydrogenating, dehydrogenation. | |
+5 letters: dehydrogenations, dihydroxyacetone. | |
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