SALT DEPLETION

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does salt depletion mean? 

• SALT DEPLETION (noun)
  The noun SALT DEPLETION has 1 sense:

1. loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance

  Familiarity information: SALT DEPLETION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALT DEPLETION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Loss of salt from the body without replacement (loss by vomiting or profuse perspiration or urination or diarrhea) thus upsetting the electrolyte balance

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("salt depletion" is a kind of...):

depletion (the state of being depleted)

 Context examples 

Symptoms usually appear in childhood and include meconium ileus, poor growth despite good appetite, malabsorption and foul bulky stools, chronic bronchitis with cough, recurrent pneumonia, bronchiectasis, emphysema, clubbing of the fingers, and salt depletion in hot weather.

(Cystic Fibrosis, NCI Thesaurus)