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Definition of Rehydrate

1. hydrate [v -DRATED, -DRATING, -DRATES] - See also: hydrate

Medical Definition of Rehydrate

1. To restore water. If a child has severe diarrhoea, loses a lot of water in the stools and so becomes seriously dehydrated, it is imperative to rehydrate that child properly and promptly. (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Rehydrate

Literary usage of Rehydrate

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Dehydrating Foods, Fruits, Vegetables, Fish and Meats: The New Easy by A. Louise Andrea (1920)
"Time required to rehydrate fruits depends upon the condition and kind of ... dehydrated by others to be quite hard, thus needing some time to rehydrate. ..."

2. Essays in Historical Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1902)
"If the sulphate is heated to above 180°, it refuses to slake or rehydrate, as already observed by Lavoisier, and is now technically known as " burnt stucco. ..."

3. Essays in Historical Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1894)
"If the sulphate is heated to above 180°, it refuses to slake or rehydrate, as already observed by Lavoisier, and is now technically known as " burnt stucco. ..."

4. Arsenic by Assembly Of Life Sciences, National Academies Press, Assembly of Life Sciences (U.S.), National Academy of Sciences (U.S.) (1977)
"Fluids should be administered par- enterally to rehydrate animals that have been vomiting or have had diarrhea. If uremia has developed, lactated Ringer's ..."

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