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exsiccation|ɛksɪˈkeɪʃən|
Forms: 6 exsiccatione, 7 exiccation, exsiccasion, 7– exsiccation.
[ad. L. exsiccātiōn-em, n. of action f. exsiccāre: see exsiccate v. Cf. Fr. exsiccation.]
The action of drying what is moist; complete removal or absorption of moisture; thoroughly dried condition, absolute dryness.
1599A. M. tr. Gabelhouer's Bk. Physicke 10/2 Exsiccatione of the Rheumes. 1614Sylvester Tobacco Battered 478 Som also think it causeth exsiccation (As of the Bloud) of Seed of generation. 1620Venner Via Recta ii. 23 Let wine be moderately vsed, that neither..exiccation, or drunkennesse follow. 1677Plot Oxfordsh. 95 For exsiccation of wounds. 1794Sullivan View Nat. I. 467 Neither is an absolute degree of exsiccation in any wise necessary. 1826Blackw. Mag. XX. 324 The exsiccation of the pond in St. James's Park. 1832Lyell Princ. Geol. II. 202 The aërial current..arrives in a state of complete exsiccation at Peru. |