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The condition in which the body's fluid intake is not sufficient to meet its fluid needs because of vomiting, excessive heat and sweating, diarrhea, or lack of food or fluid intake is called_____________.

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Answer: Dehydration

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Dehydration is the condition when the body does not posses sufficient water to conduct metabolic processes like vomiting, and heat exchange.

The body looses water through sweating, urinating, excretion, tears and spitting.

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