What does demineralization mean?

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  1. (chemistry) The chemical engineering process in which mineral salts are removed from a liquid.
  2. (medicine) The loss of minerals, especially those of calcium, from bone.
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It is the demineralization of bones that leaves them weak and susceptible to fractures.
Juvenile racehorses entering training undergo a period of bone demineralization followed by a period of remineralization.
We also use it for the prophylactic treatment of demineralization in difficult-to-access locations, or for adhered brackets.
Bone demineralization and generalized muscular deconditioning occur in all people who experience bed rest, immobility, or sedentary lifestyles.
The most frequent applications are in the demineralization of water, by distillation, ionic exchange or inverse osmosis.
So the demineralization seems to have been in a slightly alkaline solution, not acid.

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