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dehydration

dee hahyd ray shuhn

  • n  dryness resulting from the removal of water
  • n  depletion of bodily fluids
  • n  the process of extracting moisture

  • The Biggest Loser achieves rapid transformationscontestants often drop more than 9 kg in a weekthrough calorie restriction, endless exercise and no small amount of dehydration .
  • In 1999 a fourth-generation South Texas rancher named Tobin Armstrong testified before Congress that he sometimes found illegal immigrants dead of dehydration in the unforgiving .
  • He's released from hospital the following day after treatment for dehydration and sunburn, and taken into the care of his father's uncle, Lazaro Gonzalez.
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  • Jim Calhoun in Washington Post
    They took me in. They did everything from soup to nuts, and they find out it's dehydration,Calhoun said as he arrived at the Wachovia Center, where the Huskies were scheduled for a news conference later in the afternoon.
  • Pete Townshend in 24dash.com
    Roger's bandmate Pete Townsend said: "It has been established that Roger had alarmingly low sodium levels, leading to problematic dehydration. He has also contracted a viral infection. It was recommended he go into hospital and go on a drip for a...
  • Ross Taylor in Reuters.uk
    They thought that (diabetes) could be an option but it's unlikely. It's just probably a combination of...... dehydration and nerves,Taylor told reporters on Monday. "It's a mystery, I've never got this cramp before. It's just come on twice...

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