Usually means: Adding moisture to something dry.
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  1. humectation: Collins English Dictionary
  2. humectation: Wordnik
  3. humectation: Wiktionary
  4. humectation: Dictionary.com
  5. Humectation: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  6. humectation: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  7. Humectation: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  8. humectation: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  9. humectation: FreeDictionary.org
  10. humectation: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words
  11. Humectation: TheFreeDictionary.com

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. humectation: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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▸ noun:  moistening.

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humectant, rehumidification, humidification, moisturisation, moisturizing, embrocation, wetting, insuccation, hydration, dehumidification, more...

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humectant, rehumidification, humidification, moisturisation, moisturizing, embrocation, wetting, insuccation, hydration, dehumidification, more...



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