desiccation

Borrowed from Middle French dessiccation, from Late Latin desiccatio, desiccationem, from Latin desicco.

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˌdɛsɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

desiccation (countable and uncountable, plural desiccations)

1. (uncountable) The state or process of being desiccated
2. An act or occurrence of desiccating
   • 1968, M.W. Service, “The Ecology of the Immature Stages of Aedes detritus”, in Journal of Applied Ecology‎, volume 5, number 3:

     The most important mortality affecting the larval population was most probably caused by the repeated desiccations of the marsh in the summer.

• desiccational
• electrodesiccation

• desiccant
• desiccate
• desiccator