"fluoridation" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-fluoridation.wav Forms: fluoridations [plural]
Rhymes: -eɪʃən Etymology: From fluoride + -ation. Etymology templates: {{af|en|fluoride|-ation}} fluoride + -ation Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} fluoridation (countable and uncountable, plural fluoridations)
  1. (chemistry) The act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Chemistry, Fluorine Derived forms: fluoridate [verb], fluoridated [adjective], fluoridationist, water fluoridation Related terms: fluoride Translations (the act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water): fluorimine (Estonian), fluoraus (Finnish), φθορίωση (fthoríosi) [feminine] (Greek), fluoretação [feminine] (Portuguese), fluoridácia (Slovak)

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