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desiccation
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des·ic·ca·tion (ds-kshn)
n.
The process of being desiccated.
desic·cative (-tv) adj.
desiccation (des´ikā´shn),
n an excessive loss of moisture; the process of drying up. See also electrocoagulation.
desiccation
the act of drying.
desiccation keratitis
see keratoconjunctivitis sicca.
desiccation
The process of becoming dry. See dry eye.
desiccation
Medtalk → Vox populi Drying


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If, for example, all I know about a pressure ulcer is the stage, and I base my treatment decision to use an alginate on that information alone, I could possibly dessicate the wound bed by dehydrating it if there is no drainage.
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Demography is far too important a part of social experience to be left to demographers who are too often content to dessicate social experience and "explain" its variation.
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