dehydration

English

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.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /diːhaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/

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• (US) IPA^(key): /dihaɪˈdɹeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

dehydration (countable and uncountable, plural dehydrations)

1. The act or process of removing water from something.

   Synonyms: drying, desiccation

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

Synonyms

• hypohydration

Derived terms

• chronic cellular dehydration
• cryodehydration
• cyclodehydration
• dehydration reaction
• redehydration

Translations

act or process of freeing from water

Catalan: deshidratació f Chinese: Mandarin: 脫水 / 脱水 (zh) (tuōshuǐ) Czech: dehydratace f Dutch: uitdroging (nl) f Esperanto: dehidratiĝo Finnish: kuivuminen (fi) French: déshydratation (fr) f Galician: deshidratación (gl) f German: Austrocknung (de) f, Entwässerung (de) f, Dehydration (de) f Greek: αφυδάτωση (el) f (afydátosi) Indonesian: dehidrasi (id) Irish: díhiodráitiú m Italian: disidratazione (it) Japanese: 脱水 (ja) (だっすい, dassui) Kazakh: сусыздандыру (suwsızdandıruw) Khmer: please add this translation if you can Korean: 탈수 (ko) (talsu) Malay: dehidrasi Manx: jee-ushtaghey m Māori: whakamaroketanga Polish: odwodnienie (pl) n Portuguese: desidratação (pt) f Romanian: deshidratare (ro) Russian: обезво́живание (ru) n (obezvóživanije), дегидрата́ция (ru) f (dɛgidratácija) Spanish: deshidratación (es) f Swedish: uttorkning (sv) c, dehydrering c Tagalog: pagpapatuyo Telugu: నిర్జలీకరణము (te) (nirjalīkaraṇamu) Ukrainian: знево́днення n (znevódnennja) Welsh: dysychiad m

condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels

Afrikaans: dehidrasie Arabic: جَفاف m (jafāf), تَجْفاف m (tajfāf) Chinese: Mandarin: 脫水 / 脱水 (zh) (tuōshuǐ) Dutch: uitdroging (nl) f, dehydratie (nl) f Finnish: nestehukka (fi) French: déshydratation (fr) f German: Dehydration (de) f, Dehydrierung f, Austrocknung (de) f (informal) Indonesian: dehidrasi (id) Irish: díhiodráitiú m Korean: 탈수(증상) (talsu(jeungsang)) Malay: dehidrasi Polish: odwodnienie (pl) n Russian: дегидрата́ция (ru) f (degidratácija) Swahili: upungufu wa maji mwilini Swedish: uttorkning (sv), vätskebrist c Tagalog: katutuyutan Ukrainian: дегідрата́ція f (dehidratácija), знево́днення (органі́зму) n (znevódnennja (orhanízmu)) Welsh: dysychiad m