demineralize

American  

[dee-min-er-uh-lahyz] / diˈmɪn ər əˌlaɪz /

especially British, demineralise

verb (used with object)

demineralized, demineralizing

1. to remove minerals from; deprive of mineral content.

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verb (used without object)

demineralized, demineralizing

1. to lose mineral content; become demineralized.

demineralize British  

/ diːˈmɪnərəˌlaɪz /

verb

1. (tr) to remove dissolved salts from (a liquid, esp water)

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Other Word Forms

• demineralization noun

Etymology

Origin of demineralize

First recorded in 1930–35; de- + mineralize

Example Sentences

Researchers from the University of Nottingham's School of Pharmacy and Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering created a bioinspired compound designed to restore enamel that has been eroded or demineralized.

From Science Daily

If you don’t have any available, try to find bottled water labeled de-ionized, purified, demineralized or distilled.

From New York Times

Down the hatch you tip your personal potpourri of ingredients; inside, they mingle politely with near-pure ethanol and demineralized water.

From The New Yorker

Could demineralized water be bad for you in some circumstances?

From Washington Post

Horner, now of the Burke Museum in Seattle, Washington, credits Schweitzer for the idea of demineralizing the fossil, a practice rare in paleontology but common for biologists studying modern bone.

From Science Magazine