Exsiccated/Exsiccation - was trying to think of a single English term that could be the equivalent of starvation; like if someone was dying of thirst, but I felt parched isn’t weighted enough to fulfill the gravity of it.

In latin exsiccare meant to dry up completely, so that’s how we got here I guess.

Thoughts? Is there a term I have forgotten that fits what I was looking for?

  • quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    Dehydration
    You don’t necessarily die from starvation the same way you don’t necessarily die from dehydration, but you can die from either of them.