depletion : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: depletion	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for depletion
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
depletion n the act of decreasing something markedly the state of being depleted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Depletion \De*ple"tion\, n. [Cf. F. d[82]pl[82]tion.] 1. The act of depleting or emptying. 2. (Med.) the act or process of diminishing the quantity of fluid in the vessels by bloodletting or otherwise; also excessive evacuation, as in severe diarrhea.