Meanings
noundehydration (countable and uncountable, plural dehydrations)
plural dehydrations
- countableuncountableThe act or process of removing water from something.
Synonyms: drying, desiccation
- countableuncountableThe condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.
severe dehydration
4 more examples
The runner was taken to hospital suffering from severe dehydration.
Drinking plenty of water can help prevent dehydration.
risk of dehydration
prevent dehydration
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe act or process of removing water from something.
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Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*de
- Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
- Proto-Italic*dē
- Latindē
- Latindē-
- Englishde-
- Englishhydration
- Englishdehydration
Translations
Afrikaans dehidrasie
- dehidrasiecondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Arabic جَفاف, تَجْفاف
- جَفاف (jafāf)condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
- تَجْفاف (tajfāf)condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Catalan deshidratació
- deshidratacióact or process of freeing from water
Chinese Mandarin 脫水 /脱水, 脫水 /脱水
- 脫水 /脱水 (tuōshuǐ)act or process of freeing from water
- 脫水 /脱水 (tuōshuǐ)condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Czech dehydratace
- dehydrataceact or process of freeing from water
Dutch uitdroging, uitdroging
- uitdrogingact or process of freeing from water
- uitdrogingcondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
- dehydratiecondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Esperanto dehidratiĝo
- dehidratiĝoact or process of freeing from water
Finnish kuivuminen, nestehukka
- kuivuminenact or process of freeing from water
- nestehukkacondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
French déshydratation, déshydratation
- déshydratationact or process of freeing from water
- déshydratationcondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
German Austrocknung, Entwässerung
- Austrocknungact or process of freeing from water
- Entwässerungact or process of freeing from water
- Dehydrationact or process of freeing from water
- Dehydrationcondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
- Dehydrierungcondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
- Austrocknungcondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Greek αφυδάτωση
- αφυδάτωση (afydátosi)act or process of freeing from water
Indonesian dehidrasi, dehidrasi
- dehidrasiact or process of freeing from water
- dehidrasicondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Irish díhiodráitiú, díhiodráitiú
- díhiodráitiúact or process of freeing from water
- díhiodráitiúcondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Italian disidratazione
- disidratazioneact or process of freeing from water
Japanese 脱水
- 脱水 (dassui)act or process of freeing from water
Korean 탈수, 탈수
- 탈수 (talsu)act or process of freeing from water
- 탈수condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Malay dehidrasi, dehidrasi
- dehidrasiact or process of freeing from water
- dehidrasicondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Māori whakamaroketanga
- whakamaroketangaact or process of freeing from water
Polish odwodnienie, odwodnienie
- odwodnienieact or process of freeing from water
- odwodnieniecondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Portuguese desidratação
- desidrataçãoact or process of freeing from water
Romanian deshidratare
- deshidratareact or process of freeing from water
Russian обезво́живание, дегидрата́ция
- обезво́живание (obezvóživanije)act or process of freeing from water
- дегидрата́ция (dɛgidratácija)act or process of freeing from water
- дегидрата́ция (degidratácija)condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Spanish deshidratación
- deshidrataciónact or process of freeing from water
Swahili upungufu wa maji mwilini
- upungufu wa maji mwilinicondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Swedish uttorkning, dehydrering
- uttorkningact or process of freeing from water
- dehydreringact or process of freeing from water
- uttorkningcondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
- vätskebristcondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Tagalog pagpapatuyo, katutuyutan
- pagpapatuyoact or process of freeing from water
- katutuyutancondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Ukrainian знево́днення, дегідрата́ція
- знево́днення (znevódnennja)act or process of freeing from water
- дегідрата́ція (dehidratácija)condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
- знево́дненняcondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Welsh dysychiad, dysychiad
- dysychiadact or process of freeing from water
- dysychiadcondition in which water in the body drops below normal levels
Rhymes & wordplay
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APA
dehydration. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydration
MLA
“dehydration.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydration. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “dehydration,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dehydration.
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