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desiccator
  1. A closed glass vessel containing a desiccant (such as silica gel) used in laboratories for drying materials or for keeping them dry.
  2. A machine for drying fruit, milk, etc., usually by the aid of heat; an evaporator.
  3. Examples:
    1. “These treated slides were placed in a vacuum desiccator for 12 h to remove all traces of chloroform.”
      “The supernatant was discarded and the pellets were dried in a desiccator over silica gel for 24 h and then extracted for the various assays.”
      “Allow the evaporating dish to cool in a desiccator and weigh the evaporating dish and its contents.”
desiccation
  1. (uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated
  2. An act or occurrence of desiccating
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The cages were covered with wet marsh grass to minimize mortality from desiccation and heat stress during the lowtide period.”
      “The red mudstone horizons preserve extensive pedogenic textures and desiccation cracks indicative of mature palaeosol development.”
      “The sediments from Dunure are frequently rippled and show examples of dewatering structures, desiccation cracks and foam marks.”
desiccant
  1. A substance (such as calcium oxide or silica gel) that is used as a drying agent because of its high affinity to water.
desiccome
  1. The set of genes, proteins and metabolites involved in an organism's ability to tolerate desiccation.
desiccative
  1. Any substance that promotes drying.
desiccations
desiccatives
  1. plural of desiccative
desiccators
  1. plural of desiccator
desiccants
  1. plural of desiccant
desiccomes
  1. plural of desiccome
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