SODIUM FLUORIDE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sodium fluoride mean? 

• SODIUM FLUORIDE (noun)
  The noun SODIUM FLUORIDE has 1 sense:

1. a colorless crystalline salt of sodium (NaF) used in fluoridation of water and to prevent tooth decay

  Familiarity information: SODIUM FLUORIDE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SODIUM FLUORIDE (noun)

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Meaning:

A colorless crystalline salt of sodium (NaF) used in fluoridation of water and to prevent tooth decay

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Hypernyms ("sodium fluoride" is a kind of...):

salt (a compound formed by replacing hydrogen in an acid by a metal (or a radical that acts like a metal))

 Context examples 

A small amount of a radioactive substance called fluorine F 18 sodium fluoride is injected into a vein.

(F 18 sodium fluoride positron emission tomography, NCI Dictionary)

Also called F 18 sodium fluoride positron emission tomography and F-18 NaF PET.

(fluorine F 18 sodium fluoride PET, NCI Dictionary)

Also called F 18 sodium fluoride positron emission tomography and fluorine F 18 sodium fluoride PET.

(F-18 NaF PET, NCI Dictionary)

Bones with cancer in them take up more fluorine F18 sodium fluoride than normal bones do.

(F 18 sodium fluoride positron emission tomography, NCI Dictionary)

Also called F-18 NaF PET and fluorine F 18 sodium fluoride PET.

(F 18 sodium fluoride positron emission tomography, NCI Dictionary)