Associations to the word «Dehydration»

Wiktionary

DEHYDRATION, noun. The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.
DEHYDRATION REACTION, noun. (chemistry) (biology) An elimination reaction in which the small molecule removed is water

Dictionary definition

DEHYDRATION, noun. Dryness resulting from the removal of water.
DEHYDRATION, noun. Depletion of bodily fluids.
DEHYDRATION, noun. The process of extracting moisture.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats