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Fluoridation

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The act or process of adding fluoride to something, especially water. countable, uncountable

    "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."

  2. 2
    the addition of a fluoride to the water supply (to prevent dental decay) wordnet

Etymology

From fluoride + -ation.

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