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Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms > Pathologic Processes > Dehydration
Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases > Metabolic Diseases > Water-Electrolyte Imbalance > Dehydration

Preferred term

Dehydration  

Type

  • Topical Descriptor

Broader concept

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Entry terms

  • Stress, Water
  • Water Stress

Note

  • differentiate from DESICCATION, a technique for removing moisture from matter; /ther: coord with ORAL REHYDRATION THERAPY see FLUID THERAPY if pertinent; do not use entry term WATER STRESS for water stress test: consider IMMERSION; permitted (NIM) with microorganisms, lower animals and plants

Scope note

  • The condition that results from excessive loss of water from a living organism.

In other languages

  • dehydraatio

    Finnish

  • dehydratio
  • kuivuminen
  • nesteen menetykset
  • nesteen menetys
  • nesteenmenetys
  • nestehukka
  • veden vajaus
  • Uttorkning

    Swedish

URI

http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D003681

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