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dehydrative

dehydrative adjective: that causes, or is accompanied by, dehydration.

Adjective

dehydrative (comparative more dehydrative, superlative most dehydrative)

  1. That causes, or is accompanied by, dehydration

Forms of dehydrative

comparativemore dehydrative
superlativemost dehydrative

Origin of dehydrative

From dehydrate + -ive.

Questions about dehydrative

What does dehydrative mean?
Dehydrative means that causes, or is accompanied by, dehydration.
What part of speech is dehydrative?
Dehydrative is an adjective.

Words near dehydrative in the dictionary

  1. dehydration
  2. dehydration reaction
  3. dehydration reactions
  4. dehydration synthesis
  5. dehydrations
  6. dehydrative
  7. dehydrator
  8. dehydrators
  9. dehydriding
  10. dehydridings
  11. dehydrin

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