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Q: Where is water and electrolytes absorbed in the human body?
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When your body loses water it loses electrolytes what is it scientific term for what?

The loss of water in the human body is called dehydration. The loss of electrolytes that results from dehydration is still described as dehydration.


When your body loses water it loses electrolytes which is a scientific term for what?

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It works as electrolytes.


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Is there a way to save someone who has had water injected into their veins?

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