FLUORINE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does fluorine mean? 

• FLUORINE (noun)
  The noun FLUORINE has 1 sense:

1. a nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite

  Familiarity information: FLUORINE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FLUORINE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A nonmetallic univalent element belonging to the halogens; usually a yellow irritating toxic flammable gas; a powerful oxidizing agent; recovered from fluorite or cryolite or fluorapatite

Classified under:

Nouns denoting substances

Synonyms:

atomic number 9; F; fluorine

Hypernyms ("fluorine" is a kind of...):

chemical element; element (any of the more than 100 known substances (of which 92 occur naturally) that cannot be separated into simpler substances and that singly or in combination constitute all matter)

gas (a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely)

halogen (any of five related nonmetallic elements (fluorine or chlorine or bromine or iodine or astatine) that are all monovalent and readily form negative ions)

Holonyms ("fluorine" is a substance of...):

cryolite; Greenland spar (a white mineral consisting of fluorides of aluminum and sodium; a source of fluorine)

fluorapatite (a form of apatite in which fluorine predominates over chlorine)

fluor; fluorite; fluorspar (a soft mineral (calcium fluoride) that is fluorescent in ultraviolet light; chief source of fluorine)

 Context examples 

As a caspase-3 specific substrate, fluorine F 18 CP18 peptide is preferentially taken up by and accumulates in tumor cells with high caspase-3 activity.

(Fluorine F 18 CP18 Peptide, NCI Thesaurus)

A form of the element fluorine that helps prevent tooth decay.

(Fluoride, NCI Dictionary)

A radiotracer containing a synthetic amino acid analogue of L-leucine radiolabeled with fluorine F 18 with potential diagnostic imaging use.

(Fluciclovine (18F), NCI Thesaurus)

A radioconjugate containing a low molecular weight tracer, DCFBC, specific for prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA) and labeled with the positron-emitting isotope fluorine F 18 with potential prostate tumor imaging upon positron emission tomography (PET).

(Fluorine F 18 DCFBC, NCI Thesaurus)

A radioconjugate and glutamine analog consisting of the fluorine F 18 labeled 2S, 4R stereoisomer of 4-fluoroglutamine with potential use as a metabolic tracer for tumor imaging.

(Fluorine F 18 4-L-fluoroglutamine (2S,4R), NCI Thesaurus)

A radioconjugate composed of choline labeled with the positron-emitting isotope fluorine F 18, with potential tumor tracer activity using positron emission tomography (PET).

(Fluorine F 18 Choline, NCI Thesaurus)

The fluorine F 18 moiety can be imaged upon PET/CT, thereby allowing for the evaluation of the biodistribution of FdCyd and its uptake by tumor cells.

(Fluorine F 18 5-Fluoro-2-deoxycytidine, NCI Thesaurus)

Form of the element fluorine found in foods.

(Dietary Fluorine, NCI Thesaurus/CRCH)

A condition that results from excessive fluorine intake during tooth development.

(Dental Fluorosis, NCI Thesaurus)

The team detected the unique spectral signature of molecules made up of aluminum-26 and fluorine (26AlF) in the debris surrounding CK Vulpeculae, which is about 2000 light-years from Earth.

(Stellar Corpse Reveals Origin of Radioactive Molecules, ESO)