fluid loss

Body water depletion

Fluid loss is the departure of liquid from a system or body.

In medicine, it refers to dehydration through sweating, bleeding, vomiting, or diarrhea: The patient showed signs of severe fluid loss.

In engineering and drilling, fluid loss describes liquid escaping into surrounding materials: They added additives to reduce fluid loss into the formation.

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drainage · evaporation · leakage · hemorrhage · weeping · seepage · thirst · parched · drained · desert survival · depleted · sweat · tears · urine · vomiting · diarrhea · wound · drip line

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direction of fluid change

fluid lossfluid retention

Abnormal water accumulation in tissues

water retention · rehydration · edema · fluid buildup · water intake

hydration state outcome

fluid lossoverhydration

Excess bodily fluid intake

hyperhydration · water intoxication · bloating · swelling · hyponatremia

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fluid, fluids, fluidity, fluidly, fluent, fluency, fluently, affluent, affluence

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