remineralizes

Adds minerals back

Remineralizes means restores minerals to something that has lost them.

The term appears most often in dental contexts, where saliva and fluoride remineralize tooth enamel weakened by acid: This toothpaste remineralizes and strengthens teeth.

Water treatment may remineralize filtered water to improve taste.

Soil amendments remineralize depleted farmland.

dental

enamel

Hard glossy coating

phosphate · caries · teeth · brushing · mouthwash · saliva · plaque · tartar · dentistry · restoration

skeletal

bones

Rigid internal support structure

osteoporosis · density · osteoblasts · collagen · marrow · fracture · absorption · parathyroid · resorption · ossification

water

filtration

Separating solids from liquids

magnesium · potassium · sodium · purification · aquifer · groundwater · spring · ionization · pH · hardness

soil

amendments

Formal changes to documents

zinc · iron · manganese · copper · boron · selenium · bioavailability · composting · mulching · humus

Opposites
mineral content change

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Removes dissolved solids

erodes · dissolves · depletes · leaches · weakens

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