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单词 fluoridate
释义

fluoridate

[ floor-i-deyt, flawr-, flohr- ]
/ ˈflʊər ɪˌdeɪt, ˈflɔr-, ˈfloʊr- /

verb (used with object), fluor·i·dat·ed, fluor·i·dat·ing.

to introduce a fluoride into: to fluoridate drinking water.

Origin of fluoridate

First recorded in 1945–50; back formation from fluoridation

OTHER WORDS FROM fluoridate

de·fluor·i·date, verb (used with object), de·fluor·i·dat·ed, de·fluor·i·dat·ing.

Words nearby fluoridate

fluorescent lamp, fluorescent microscope, fluorescent screen, fluorescent treponemal antibody absorption test, fluoric, fluoridate, fluoridation, fluoride, fluoride number, fluoridization, fluoridize
Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020

Example sentences from the Web for fluoridate

  • As a means of preventing tooth decay in those cities that do fluoridate, the practice certainly looks like a success.

    Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST
  • Dental leaders barnstormed the state, and cities began to fluoridate.

    Anti-Fluoriders Are The OG Anti-Vaxxers|Michael Schulson|July 27, 2016|DAILY BEAST

British Dictionary definitions for fluoridate

fluoridate
/ (ˈflʊərɪˌdeɪt) /

verb

to subject (water) to fluoridation
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Scientific definitions for fluoridate

fluoridate
[ flurĭ-dāt′ ]

To add fluorine or a fluoride to something, especially to drinking water in order to prevent tooth decay.
The American Heritage® Science Dictionary Copyright © 2011. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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