1. The process of extracting moisture
   "The dehydration of the riverbed led to severe ecological changes";
   - desiccation, drying up, evaporation
    
2. Depletion of bodily fluids
   "The marathon runner suffered from severe dehydration in the hot weather"
    
3. Dryness resulting from the removal of water
   "The hiker suffered from severe dehydration in the desert";
   - desiccation

Derived forms: dehydrations

Type of: dryness, extraction, thirst, thirstiness, waterlessness, xerotes

Part of: plastination

Encyclopedia: Dehydration