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Desiccation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state or process of being desiccated uncountable
  2. 2
    the process of extracting moisture wordnet
  3. 3
    An act or occurrence of desiccating countable, uncountable

    "The most important mortality affecting the larval population was most probably caused by the repeated desiccations of the marsh in the summer."

  4. 4
    dryness resulting from the removal of water wordnet

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French dessiccation, from Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, from Latin desicco.

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