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sodium fluoride
noun
Definition of SODIUM FLUORIDE
: a poisonous crystalline salt NaF that is used in trace amounts in the fluoridation of drinking water and toothpastes, in metallurgy, as a flux, and as a pesticide
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1869
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sodium fluoride
noun
Medical Definition of SODIUM FLUORIDE
: a poisonous crystalline salt NaF that is used in trace amounts in the fluoridation of drinking water, toothpastes, and oral rinses and in metallurgy, as a flux, as an antiseptic, and as a pesticide—see luride
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