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6 dictionary results for: Desiccation
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1) - Cite This Source - Share This
des·ic·cate       [des-i-keyt] Pronunciation Key verb, -cat·ed, -cat·ing.
–verb (used with object)
1.to dry thoroughly; dry up.
2.to preserve (food) by removing moisture; dehydrate.
–verb (used without object)
3.to become thoroughly dried or dried up.
[Origin: 1565–75; < L désiccātus dried up, ptp. of désiccāre, equiv. to dé- de- + siccāre, deriv. of siccus dry; see -ate1]

—Related forms
des·ic·ca·tion, noun
des·ic·ca·tive, adjective
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des·ic·cate       (děs'ĭ-kāt')  Pronunciation Key 
v.   des·ic·cat·ed, des·ic·cat·ing, des·ic·cates

v.   tr.
  1. To dry out thoroughly.
  2. To preserve (foods) by removing the moisture. See Synonyms at dry.
  3. To make dry, dull, or lifeless.

v.   intr.
To become dry; dry out.

adj.   also (-kĭt)
Lacking spirit or animation; arid: "There was only the sun-bruised and desiccate feeling in his mind" (J.R. Salamanca).


[Latin dēsiccāre, dēsiccāt- : dē-, de- + siccāre, to dry up (from siccus, dry).]

des'ic·ca'tion n., des'ic·ca'tive adj., des'ic·ca'tor n.
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
desiccation 
1477, from L.L. desiccationem, from L. desiccare, from de- "thoroughly" + siccare "to dry."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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desiccation

noun
1. dryness resulting from the removal of water [syn: dehydration] 
2. the process of extracting moisture [syn: dehydration] 

WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University.
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American Heritage Stedman's Medical Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

desiccation des·ic·ca·tion (děs'ĭ-kā'shən)
n.
The process of being desiccated.

des'ic·ca'tive (-tĭv) adj.

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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This

Desiccation

Des`ic*ca"tion\, n. [Cf. F. dessiccation.] The act of desiccating, or the state of being desiccated.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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