defluorinated

Had fluorine extracted

Defluorinated describes something that has had fluorine or fluoride removed.

The term appears most often in contexts involving water treatment or food processing: defluorinated water, defluorinated phosphate.

Phosphate used in animal feed is often defluorinated to prevent fluoride toxicity in livestock.

water

purified

Cleared of unwanted substances

deionized · municipal · tap · drinking · bottled · treatment · removal · processed · dental · cavity

scientific

compound

Combined into one

spectroscopy · chemistry · experiment · extraction · precipitation · titration · electrode · measurement · contamination · protocol

industrial

phosphate

PO₄ ion compound

manufacturing · animal nutrition · livestock · poultry · calcium · supplement · mineral · agricultural · kiln · calcination

Opposites
fluoride content/treatment

defluorinatedfluoridated

Infused with tooth-strengthening element

fluorinated · untreated · unfluoridated

Family

fluoride, fluorine, fluoridation, fluoridate, fluorination, fluorinated, fluorinate

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