Dehydration vs. Rehydration

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.

Rehydrationnoun

The replenishment of water and electrolytes lost through dehydration.