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View definitions for dehydration

dehydration

noun as in drought

noun as in dryness

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noun as in evaporation

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The miners experienced "starvation and dehydration" and were forced to resurface, police say.

From BBC

The result is often starvation, dehydration and death.

The CDC recommends calling your healthcare provider if you ate a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder hamburger and have severe E. coli symptoms, including diarrhea and high fever, so much vomiting that you cannot keep liquids down and signs of dehydration.

From Salon

The CDC recommends that anyone who recently ate a McDonald’s Quarter Pounder and is suffering from severe E. coli symptoms — such as bloody diarrhea, a fever of more than 102 degrees, vomiting to the point of being unable to keep liquids down, or signs of dehydration — should contact a medical professional and their state’s health department.

"We've seen the effects of their starvation campaign, with high mortality rates - people are dying, not just from hunger, but from dehydration and disease, which often follows," he said.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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