fluoridation

English

Etymology

From fluoride +‎ -ation.

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  • Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

fluoridation (countable and uncountable, plural fluoridations)

  1. (chemistry) The act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water.
    Antonym: defluoridation
    Hyponym: water fluoridation
    • 2013 August 9, Douglas Main, “Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation”, in Live Science‎[1], retrieved 30 September 2013:
      Israel's decision to ban fluoridation follows a vote to preclude the practice in Portland, Ore., and Wichita, Kan. It was also recently overturned in Hamilton, the fourth most populous city in New Zealand.

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