Dehydration vs. Desiccation

Dehydrationnoun

The act or process of removing water from something.

Dehydrationnoun

The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.

Dehydrationnoun

The act or process of freeing from water; also, the condition of a body from which the water has been removed.

Dehydrationnoun

dryness resulting from the removal of water

Dehydrationnoun

depletion of bodily fluids

Dehydrationnoun

the process of extracting moisture

Dehydration

In physiology, dehydration is a lack of total body water, with an accompanying disruption of metabolic processes. It occurs when free water loss exceeds free water intake, usually due to exercise, disease, or high environmental temperature.

Desiccationnoun

(uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated

Desiccationnoun

An act or occurrence of desiccating

Desiccationnoun

The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.

Desiccationnoun

dryness resulting from the removal of water

Desiccationnoun

the process of extracting moisture

Desiccation

Desiccation (from Latin de- + siccare ) is the state of extreme dryness, or the process of extreme drying. A desiccant is a hygroscopic (attracts and holds water) substance that induces or sustains such a state in its local vicinity in a moderately sealed container.