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.

   severe dehydration

   risk of dehydration

   prevent dehydration

   The runner was taken to hospital suffering from severe dehydration.

   Drinking plenty of water can help prevent dehydration.

Synonyms

• hypohydration

Derived terms

• chronic cellular dehydration
• cryodehydration
• cyclodehydration
• dehydration reaction
• dehydration synthesis
• 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