1. Loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhoea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance

Derived forms: salt depletions

Type of: depletion

• out of it
• out of keeping
• out of line
• out of nothing
• out of order
• out of place
• out of play
• out of practice
• out of print
• out of reach
• out of sight
• out of sorts
• out of stock
• out of the blue
• out of the frying pan and into the fire
• out of the frying pan into the fire
• out of the question
• out of the way
• out of thin air
• out of this world
• out of touch
• out of true
• out of tune
• out of use
• out of view