dehydration
noun
de·hy·dra·tion
ˌdē-ˌhī-ˈdrā-shən 
: the process of dehydrating
especially
: an abnormal depletion of body fluids
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Generally, about one-third of people who start the race each year don’t finish for one reason or another: injury, gastrointestinal distress, dehydration, exhaustion.
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Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
Most people infected with the bacteria experience severe stomach cramps, bloody diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration and a high fever.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
Pontefract also explains that impact craters, closed-basin environments, can contain high concentrations of chemistry due to evaporation, and origin of life scholars have shown that dehydration is an important process for forming nucleic acids from basic building blocks.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Severe symptoms of dehydration warrant immediate medical attention as severe dehydration can lead to shock and in some cases loss of consciousness.
—Hannah Harper, Health, 23 Oct. 2024
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Brendan Leonard, Outside Online, 5 Nov. 2024
Most people infected with the bacteria experience severe stomach cramps, bloody diarrhea, vomiting, dehydration and a high fever.
—Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 23 Oct. 2024
Pontefract also explains that impact craters, closed-basin environments, can contain high concentrations of chemistry due to evaporation, and origin of life scholars have shown that dehydration is an important process for forming nucleic acids from basic building blocks.
—Conor Feehly, Discover Magazine, 23 Oct. 2024
Severe symptoms of dehydration warrant immediate medical attention as severe dehydration can lead to shock and in some cases loss of consciousness.
—Hannah Harper, Health, 23 Oct. 2024
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dehydration
noun
de·hy·dra·tion
ˌdē-hī-ˈdrā-shən
: the process of dehydrating
especially
: an abnormal depletion of body fluids
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