A rare or obsolete term possibly meaning 'the process of drying' or a medical condition.
Possibly from Latin 'arefactio', from 'arēfacere' (to make dry), but modern usage is virtually nonexistent.
Arefaction might derive from Latin medical terminology where drying processes were important, but it's so archaic that finding original usage examples is nearly impossible for modern scholars!
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