Usually means: Removing moisture to dry out.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word desiccating:

General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. desiccating: Merriam-Webster
  2. desiccating: Collins English Dictionary
  3. desiccating: Vocabulary.com
  4. desiccating: Wordnik
  5. desiccating: Wiktionary
  6. desiccating: Dictionary.com
  7. Desiccating: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  8. Desiccating: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. desiccating: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  10. desiccating: FreeDictionary.org
  11. desiccating: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. desiccating: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. desiccating: Medical dictionary

(Note: See desiccate as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (desiccate)

verb:  (transitive) To remove moisture from; to dry; (sometimes) to dry to an extreme degree.
verb:  (transitive) To preserve by drying.
verb:  (intransitive, rare) To become dry; to dry up.
adjective:  Having had moisture removed; dehydrated, desiccated.
noun:  A substance which has been desiccated, that is, had its moisture removed.
▸ Also see desiccate


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