siccation
English
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editsiccation (uncountable)
- The act or process of drying.
- 1655, John Wooddall, The Surgeons Mate:
- Siccation is the drying up of excremental humidity in bodies
References
edit- “siccation”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.