dehydration

English

Etymology

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.
2. The condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels, usually caused by illness, sweating or by not drinking enough.

Synonyms

• hypohydration

Derived terms

• chronic cellular dehydration
• dehydration reaction

 

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 (susyzdandyru)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 탈수 (ko) (talsu)
• Malay: dehidrasi
• Manx: jee-ushtaghey m
• Maori: whakamaroketanga
• Polish: odwodnienie 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: hitubig
• Telugu: నిర్జలీకరణము (te) (nirjalīkaraṇamu)
• Ukrainian: знево́днення n (znevódnennja)
• Welsh: dysychiad m

condition in which water in the body drops below normal levels

• Arabic: جَفاف m (jafāf), تَجْفاف m (tajfāf)
• 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 n
• Russian: дегидрата́ция (ru) f (degidratácija)
• Swedish: uttorkning (sv), vätskebrist c
• Ukrainian: дегідрата́ція f (dehidratácija), знево́днення (органі́зму) n (znevódnennja (orhanízmu))
• Welsh: dysychiad m