demineralization

Other forms of demineralization

plural

demineralizations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about demineralization

What does demineralization mean?

demineralization means "abnormal loss of mineral salts (especially from bone)". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in demineralization?

demineralization has 8 syllables: de-mi-ne-ra-li-za-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for demineralization?

Close synonyms include demineralisation, demineralisation. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is demineralization a common word?

demineralization is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.