desiccation
nounUK, US /ˌdɛsɪˈkeɪʃən/
Etymology Borrowed from Middle French dessiccation, from Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, from Latin desicco.
1
The state or process of being desiccated
2
An act or occurrence of desiccating
- The most important mortality affecting the larval population was most probably caused by the repeated desiccations of the marsh in the summer.1968, M.W. Service, “The Ecology of the Immature Stages of Aedes detritus”, in Journal of Applied Ecology, volume 5, number 3:
- Synonyms
- demoisturization, demoisturisation
- Derived terms
- cryodesiccation, desiccational, desiccome, electrodesiccation
- Related terms
- desiccant, desiccate, desiccator