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Example sentences from the Web for desiccationMore frequently a desiccation of some of these products ensues, with permanent chronic inflammation. A System of Practical Medicine By American Authors, Vol. II|Various The frosting may be incident to local climatic conditions at the time and place of desiccation. The North American Slime-Moulds|Thomas H. (Thomas Huston) MacBride But this desiccation hypothesis was not accepted by Playfair, who thought it much more likely that the land had risen. Fragments of Earth Lore|James Geikie Always, then, when we succeed in preserving from putrefaction this animal part, the other parts will be disposed to desiccation. History of Embalming|J. N. Gannal
Words related to desiccationdrought, dehydration, lack, scarcity, melting, dispersal, insufficiency, dearth, deficiency, want, need, aridity, evanescence, disappearance, vanishing, escape, dissipation, fading, vaporization, exsiccation SEE SYNONYMS FOR desiccation ON THESAURUS.COM
n.The process of being desiccated. Other words from desiccationdes′ic•ca′tive (-tĭv) adj.Words nearby desiccationdesi, De Sica, desiccant, desiccate, desiccated, desiccation, desiccator, desiderata, desiderate, desiderative, desideratum The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |