DESICCATION

Pronunciation (US):

• DESICCATION (noun)
  The noun DESICCATION has 2 senses:

1. dryness resulting from the removal of water
2. the process of extracting moisture

  Familiarity information: DESICCATION used as a noun is rare.

• DESICCATION (noun)

Meaning:

Dryness resulting from the removal of water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

dehydration; desiccation

Hypernyms ("desiccation" is a kind of...):

dryness; waterlessness; xerotes (the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water))

Meaning:

The process of extracting moisture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

drying up; desiccation; evaporation; dehydration

Hypernyms ("desiccation" is a kind of...):

extraction (the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "desiccation"):

freeze-drying; lyophilisation; lyophilization (a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes)

inspissation (the process of thickening by dehydration)

Holonyms ("desiccation" is a part of...):

plastination (a process involving fixation and dehydration and forced impregnation and hardening of biological tissues; water and lipids are replaced by curable polymers (silicone or epoxy or polyester) that are subsequently hardened)