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defluorination

defluorination noun: the process of defluorinating.

Noun

defluorination

  1. The process of defluorinating.
    • Bone uptake was relatively low, suggesting no in vivo defluorination of the tracer.2015 September 24, “18 F-FP-PEG 2 -β-Glu-RGD 2 : A Symmetric Integrin α v β 3 -Targeting Radiotracer for Tumor PET Imaging”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of defluorination

From de- + fluorination.

Words formed from defluorination

Questions about defluorination

What does defluorination mean?
Defluorination means the process of defluorinating.
What part of speech is defluorination?
Defluorination is a noun.

Words near defluorination in the dictionary

  1. defluoridations
  2. defluorinate
  3. defluorinated
  4. defluorinates
  5. defluorinating
  6. defluorination
  7. defluorinative
  8. defluous
  9. deflux
  10. defluxion
  11. defluxions

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