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fluoridize

fluoridize verb: to fluoridate.

Verb

fluoridize (third-person singular simple present fluoridizes, present participle fluoridizing, simple past and past participle fluoridized)

  1. (transitive) To fluoridate.

Forms of fluoridize

third-person singular presentfluoridizes
present participlefluoridizing
past participlefluoridized
pastfluoridized

Origin of fluoridize

From fluoride + -ize.

Questions about fluoridize

What does fluoridize mean?
Fluoridize means to fluoridate.
What part of speech is fluoridize?
Fluoridize is a verb.
What is the past tense of fluoridize?
The past tense of fluoridize is fluoridized.

Words near fluoridize in the dictionary

  1. fluoridise
  2. fluoridised
  3. fluoridises
  4. fluoridising
  5. fluoridization
  6. fluoridize
  7. fluoridized
  8. fluoridizes
  9. fluoridizing
  10. fluoridone
  11. fluoridosis

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