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What does dehydration mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word dehydration? Here's what it means.

Noun
  1. The act or process of removing water from something.
  2. The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.
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True, I was stuck, wet, worn out and thirsty, but I'd done hypothermia and dehydration before, and I didn't want anyone put out on my account.
With cases of vomiting there is a risk of dehydration among children, so parents should make sure fluid levels are kept up.
Carpenter thinks the cramps were a result of dehydration on an absurdly hot October day.
To avoid tissue dehydration during measurements, the walls of the pressure chamber were covered with wet filter paper.
When aniline is reacted with excess acetic acid under dehydration conditions a white, crystalline material is formed, acetanilide.
If your child is having large amounts of diarrhea, be on the watch for signs of dehydration.

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