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DESICCATION
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The process of extracting moisture
Synonyms:
dehydration; desiccation; drying up; evaporation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("desiccation" is a kind of...):
extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "desiccation"):
freeze-drying; lyophilisation; lyophilization (a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes)
inspissation (the process of thickening by dehydration)
Holonyms ("desiccation" is a part of...):
plastination (a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened)
Derivation:
desiccate (remove water from)
desiccate (preserve by removing all water and liquids from)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Dryness resulting from the removal of water
Synonyms:
dehydration; desiccation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting stable states of affairs
Hypernyms ("desiccation" is a kind of...):
dryness; waterlessness; xerotes (the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))
Derivation:
desiccate (lose water or moisture)
desiccate (remove water from)
desiccate (preserve by removing all water and liquids from)
