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dehydration

/dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: 3.31 in modern English

Syllables
de-hy-dra-tion
IPA
/dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
19
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
4
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act or process of removing water from something.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

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

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English hydration English dehydration From de- + hydration.

Regional Pronunciation

  • American English: /dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
  • British English: /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/

Usage

Inflected Forms

dehydrations (plural)

Derived Forms

cryodehydration cyclodehydration redehydration

Phrases

chronic cellular dehydration dehydration reaction dehydration synthesis

Synonyms

drying desiccation hypohydration drying up evaporation

Rhymes With

information education situation population station association administration operation organization nation location application

Questions

How do you pronounce dehydration?
The recorded pronunciation is /dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/.
What does dehydration mean?
The act or process of removing water from something.
Where does dehydration come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English hydration English dehydration From de- + hydration.

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