fluoridation

Variant of fluoridate

fluoridate definition

☆ fluo·ri·date (flôr′ə dāt′, flo̵or′-)

transitive verb fluoridated -·dat′ed, fluoridating -·dat′·ing

to add fluorides to (a supply of drinking water) in order to reduce the incidence of caries in the teeth

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