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TOOTHPASTE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A dentifrice in the form of a paste

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

dentifrice (a substance for cleaning the teeth; applied with a toothbrush)

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 Context examples: 

Manufacturers add it to reduce or prevent bacterial contamination and in toothpastes it helps prevent gingivitis.

(Common Ingredient in Toothpaste Puts Women at Risk of Bone Disease, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

Now a team of researchers employed the Robot Scientist ‘Eve’ in a high-throughput screen and discovered that triclosan, an ingredient found in many toothpastes, may help the fight against drug-resistance.

(Toothpaste ingredient may help fight drug-resistant malaria, University of Cambridge)

Calendula officinalis/Plantago major/Cochlearia armoracia/ Hamamelis virginiana herbal toothpaste may relieve the discomfort associated with radiation-induced mucositis.

(Calendula officinalis/Plantago major/Cochlearia armoracia/Hamamelis virginiana Herbal Toothpaste, NCI Thesaurus)

An ingredient commonly found in toothpaste could be employed as an anti-malarial drug against strains of malaria parasite that have grown resistant to one of the currently-used drugs.

(Toothpaste ingredient may help fight drug-resistant malaria, University of Cambridge)