Definition of "exsiccation" [ex•sic•ca•tion]

• The act of operation of drying; evaporation or expulsion of moisture. (noun)

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• "He knew this, too, that bitter things are suitable; for to dry up wounds requires exsiccation."
• "A somewhat different method is followed in Trinidad and Jamaica (in the latter island it can scarcely be said to be cultivated now); but it differs in no essential degree from the principle of gradual exsiccation, and protection from moisture."
• "There instead of exsiccation he was confronted by a dreadful humidity, an infertile ooze that seemed almost less susceptible to cultivation than the other."