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dehydration en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/ (US)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/ (UK)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English hydration English dehydration From de- + hydration.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) The act or process of removing water from something.
2. (countable, uncountable) The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.

Forms

Deriveds

dehydration synthesis · dehydration reaction · chronic cellular dehydration · cryodehydration · cyclodehydration · redehydration

Synonyms

drying · desiccation · hypohydration

Translations (57)

fr déshydratation (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · sw upungufu wa maji mwilini (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · de Dehydration (act or process of freeing from water) · sv vätskebrist (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · de Dehydrierung (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · fr déshydratation (act or process of freeing from water) · de Dehydration (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · uk дегідрата́ція (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · cs dehydratace (act or process of freeing from water) · te నిర్జలీకరణము (act or process of freeing from water) · ar جَفاف (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · af dehidrasie (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · sv uttorkning (act or process of freeing from water) · ca deshidratació (act or process of freeing from water) · sv dehydrering (act or process of freeing from water) · id dehidrasi (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · fi nestehukka (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · es deshidratación (act or process of freeing from water) · uk знево́днення (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · el αφυδάτωση (act or process of freeing from water) · uk знево́днення (act or process of freeing from water) · eo dehidratiĝo (act or process of freeing from water) · de Entwässerung (act or process of freeing from water) · ru обезво́живание (act or process of freeing from water) · nl dehydratie (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · de Austrocknung (act or process of freeing from water) · ko 탈수 (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · id dehidrasi (act or process of freeing from water) · ru дегидрата́ция (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · ms dehidrasi (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · de Austrocknung (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · ga díhiodráitiú (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · gl deshidratación (act or process of freeing from water) · cmn 脫水 /脱水 (act or process of freeing from water) · nl uitdroging (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · ko 탈수 (act or process of freeing from water) · ms dehidrasi (act or process of freeing from water) · ru дегидрата́ция (act or process of freeing from water) · tl katutuyutan (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · mi whakamaroketanga (act or process of freeing from water) · fi kuivuminen (act or process of freeing from water) · gv jee-ushtaghey (act or process of freeing from water) · tl pagpapatuyo (act or process of freeing from water) · ar تَجْفاف (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · it disidratazione (act or process of freeing from water) · ro deshidratare (act or process of freeing from water) · cy dysychiad (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · sv uttorkning (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · nl uitdroging (act or process of freeing from water) · pl odwodnienie (act or process of freeing from water) · ja 脱水 (act or process of freeing from water) · cmn 脫水 /脱水 (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · cy dysychiad (act or process of freeing from water) · pl odwodnienie (condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels) · ga díhiodráitiú (act or process of freeing from water) · kk сусыздандыру (act or process of freeing from water) · pt desidratação (act or process of freeing from water)