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exsiccosis

exsiccosis noun: bodily dehydration due to insufficient intake of fluids.

Noun

exsiccosis (uncountable)

  1. bodily dehydration due to insufficient intake of fluids
    • Additionally, two distinct absorption bands at 944 and 1180 nm were also filtered in order to minimize superficial overheating and exsiccosis.2015 July 11, “Antimicrobial Photoinactivation Using Visible Light Plus Water-Filtered Infrared-A (VIS + wIRA) Alters In Situ Oral Biofilms”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Questions about exsiccosis

What does exsiccosis mean?
Exsiccosis means bodily dehydration due to insufficient intake of fluids.
What part of speech is exsiccosis?
Exsiccosis is a noun.

Words near exsiccosis in the dictionary

  1. exsiccatives
  2. exsiccator
  3. exsiccators
  4. exsiccatum
  5. exsiccatus
  6. exsiccosis
  7. exsiccotic
  8. exsmoker
  9. exsolution
  10. exsolutions
  11. exsolve

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