Associations to the word «Demineralization»

Wiktionary

DEMINERALIZATION, noun. (chemistry) The chemical engineering process in which mineral salts are removed from a liquid.
DEMINERALIZATION, noun. (medicine) The loss of minerals, especially those of calcium, from bone.

Dictionary definition

DEMINERALIZATION, noun. Abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone).
DEMINERALIZATION, noun. The removal of minerals and mineral salts from a liquid (especially from water).

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats