desiccation

Definitions of desiccation

1. noun

   the process of extracting moisture
   synonyms: dehydration, drying up, evaporation

   types:

   freeze-drying, lyophilisation, lyophilization

   a method of drying food or blood plasma or pharmaceuticals or tissue without destroying their physical structure; material is frozen and then warmed in a vacuum so that the ice sublimes

   inspissation

   the process of thickening by dehydration

   type of:

   extraction

   the process of obtaining something from a mixture or compound by chemical or physical or mechanical means
2. noun

   dryness resulting from the removal of water
   synonyms: dehydration

   type of:

   dryness, waterlessness, xerotes

   the condition of not containing or being covered by a liquid (especially water)