fluoridation

English

Etymology

From fluoride +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

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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.
   • 2013 August 9, Douglas Main, “Israel Outlaws Water Fluoridation”, in Live Science‎^[1], retrieved 2013-09-30:

     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.

Derived terms

• fluoridate (verb)
• fluoridated (adjective)
• fluoridationist
• water fluoridation

Related terms

• fluoride

Translations

the act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water

• Estonian: fluorimine
• Finnish: fluoraus
• Greek: φθορίωση (el) f (fthoríosi)
• Portuguese: fluoretação f
• Slovak: fluoridácia