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dehydration

de·hy·dra·tion

dehydration

 
pronunciation:
di haI dreI shn
part of speech: noun
definition 1: the act or process of removing water, or the elements of water, from something such as a food or chemical compound.
definition 2: the bodily condition of having lost a significant amount of water.
When the woman was brought in to the hospital, she was suffering from dehydration.