Dictionary

desiccation en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˌdɛsɪˈkeɪʃən/ (UK, US)
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Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dessiccation, from Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, from Latin desicco.

Meanings

1. (uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated.
2. (countable, uncountable) An act or occurrence of desiccating.
   • The most important mortality affecting the larval population was most probably caused by the repeated desiccations of the marsh in the summer. 1968, M.W. Service, “The Ecology of the Immature Stages of Aedes detritus”, in Journal of Applied Ecology, volume 5, number 3:

Forms

Deriveds

cryodesiccation · desiccational · desiccome · electrodesiccation

Relateds

desiccant · desiccate · desiccator

Synonyms

demoisturisation · demoisturization

Translations (20)

fr dessiccation (The state or process of being desiccated) · de Trocknung (The state or process of being desiccated) · it essiccazione (The state or process of being desiccated) · id desikasi (The state or process of being desiccated) · ru высыхание (The state or process of being desiccated) · ga triomú (The state or process of being desiccated) · hi शुष्कन (The state or process of being desiccated) · tr kurulanma (The state or process of being desiccated) · fi kuivuminen (The state or process of being desiccated) · oc dessicacion (The state or process of being desiccated) · ca dessecació (The state or process of being desiccated) · cmn 乾燥 /干燥 (The state or process of being desiccated) · tr kuruma (The state or process of being desiccated) · tr desikasyon (The state or process of being desiccated) · ko 건조 (The state or process of being desiccated) · uk вису́шування (The state or process of being desiccated) · ja 乾燥 (The state or process of being desiccated) · it essiccamento (The state or process of being desiccated) · kk кептіру (The state or process of being desiccated) · ru су́шка (The state or process of being desiccated)