Injury or Poisoning
fluoride poisoning
fluor·ide poi·son·ing
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Poisoning
Definitions related to fluoride poisoning:
  • (fluorosis) Exposure to excessive amounts of fluorine or its compounds; may occur as a result of accidental ingestion of fluoride-containing pesticides, inhalation of dusts or gases containing fluoride, or prolonged ingestion of water containing large amounts of fluorides; characterized by combined osteosclerosis and osteomalacia and mottled enamel of the teeth when exposure occurs during enamel formation.
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    National Institutes of Health, 2006
  • Poisoning that results from chronic or acute ingestion, injection, inhalation, or skin absorption of FLUORIDE compounds.
    NLM Medical Subject Headings
    U.S. National Library of Medicine, 2025
  • Fluorosis, chronic intoxication with fluorine (usually combined with some other element to form a fluoride) that results in changes in the skeleton and ossification of tendons and ligaments. Exposure to fluoride in optimum amounts (about one part per million of fluoride to water) is claimed to be...
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