Depletion
as a biology term:
1. The act or process of emptying, removal of a fluid, as the blood.
2. Exhausted state which results from excessive loss of blood.
Origin: L. Deplere = to empty
general definition of depletion:
To deplete*
Example: the PGFOSC will deplete you.
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