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Desiccators are
sealable enclosures containing desiccants used for
preserving moisture-sensitive
items such as
cobalt chloride paper for
another use....
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Desiccation is the
state of
extreme dryness, or the
process of
extreme drying. A
desiccant is a
hygroscopic (attracts and
holds water)
substance that...
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Desiccation tolerance refers to the
ability of an
organism to
withstand or
endure extreme dryness, or drought-like conditions.
Plants and
animals living...
- Pre-harvest crop
desiccation is the
application of an
agent to a crop just
before harvest to kill the
leaves and/or
plants so that the crop
dries out...
- conditions, the new
leaves do not open well, and
older leaves may
become desiccated;
fruit also
tends to be shed. The
extent of
cultivation in the tropics...
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Evaporated milk,
known in some
countries as "unsweetened
condensed milk", is a shelf-stable
canned cow’s milk
product for
which approximately 60% of the...
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Degenerative disc
disease (DDD) is a
medical condition typically brought on by the
aging process in
which there are
anatomic changes and
possibly a loss...
- A
dissected plateau is a
plateau area that has been
severely eroded such that the
relief is sharp. Such an area may be
referred to as mountainous, but...
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Desiccated thyroid extract (DTE), is
thyroid gland that has been
dried and
powdered for
medical use. It is used to
treat hypothyroidism, but less preferred...
- been
included in its mix. In pre-modern medicine,
cadmium was used as a
desiccative and detersive, in
moist stinking ulcers,
causing the area to
become healed...
