Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The act or process of removing minerals or mineral salts from a liquid, such as water.
- noun The loss, deprivation, or removal of minerals or mineral salts from the body, especially through disease, as the loss of calcium from bones or teeth.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Loss of mineral constituents: noting a process which occurs in softening of the bones (osteomalacia).
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun chemistry The
chemical engineering process in whichmineral salts are removed from a liquid. - noun medicine The
loss of minerals, especially those ofcalcium , frombone .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water)
- noun abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone)
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Examples
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Eventually the acids can grow strong enough to eat through tooth enamel in a process known as demineralization, which eventually creates cavities.
unknown title 2009
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I can relate to this, I am a Registered Physical Rehab Nurse, who on my own explored and came up with a solution to the bone demineralization in weightless environments problem.
Today's Video: You Know That This Still Happens Every Day - NASA Watch 2009
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Technological advances have made desalination and demineralization feasible – albeit expensive – solutions for increasing the world's supply of freshwater.
Archive 2010-03-01 Glenda Larke 2010
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Technological advances have made desalination and demineralization feasible – albeit expensive – solutions for increasing the world's supply of freshwater.
Shale Flint the nontechnologist... Glenda Larke 2010
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"If they can find a way around bone demineralization, wow, that would really boost the possibilities for human spaceflight."
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New X-rays revealed demineralization of Molly's bones caused by malnutrition.
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Some industries have demineralization plants, but these are used on reticulated municipal or borehole water and their capacities are usually relatively small.
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It's sort of like a stack of ckoke cans at the grocery store, demineralization is like removing a few cans here and there, the whole thing is wobbly but still standing.
They Are Just Baby Teeth, Why Fix Them? Dr. Dean Brandon 2006
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It is the demineralization of bones that leaves them weak and susceptible to fractures.
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That is a demineralization and weakening of the bones that has many roots.
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