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Definition of Iodine

1. Noun. A nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks).

2. Noun. A tincture consisting of a solution of iodine in ethyl alcohol; applied topically to wounds as an antiseptic.

Definition of Iodine

1. n. A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form of dark gray metallic scales, resembling plumbago, soft but brittle, and emitting a chlorinelike odor. Symbol I. Atomic weight 126.5. If heated, iodine volatilizes in beautiful violet vapors.

Definition of Iodine

1. Noun. A chemical element (''symbol'': I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens. ¹

2. Noun. An antiseptic incorporating the element. ¹

3. Noun. (countable uncountable obsolete) An iodide. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Iodine

1. a nonmetallic element [n -S]

Medical Definition of Iodine

1. An element. Radiation therapy often uses radioactive forms of iodine in treatment. (13 Nov 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Iodine

iodimetry iodin iodinase iodinate iodinated iodinated 125I serum albumin iodinated 131I human serum albumin iodinated contrast iodinated contrast material iodinated glycerol

iodinated protein iodinates iodinating iodination iodinations iodine (current term) iodine-123 iodine-125 iodine-127 iodine-131

iodine-132 iodine-fast iodine-induced hyperthyroidism iodine compounds iodine cysts iodine deficiency iodine excess iodine isotopes iodine number iodine radioisotopes

Literary usage of Iodine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"relatively less iodine than healthy thyroids, but according to Oswald, Fr. Weiss (65) ... Oswald considers that the iodine content of goitres runs parallel, ..."

2. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"Presumably the iodine is the more important constituent; the two, however, associated or combined, seem to give the best therapeutic results, and to-day the ..."

3. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"During the past three years the study of the iodine content of protein substances, particularly those of the thyroid gland and various thyroid extracts, ..."

4. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1854)
"Topical Uses of iodine.—The value of iodine as a counter-irritant is year by year becoming more generally appreciated, and is yet much less so than it ..."

5. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"Iodides are decomposed and iodine determined by one of the following procedures : I. Decomposition of the Iodide by Ferric Salts The method takes advantage ..."

6. American Druggist (1885)
"About 0.5 gramme of iodine is accurately weighed in a small tube, ... Water, by the sticky coherence of the iodine together, or to the side of the bottle. ..."

7. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"In human thyroids, on the other hand, as well as in the thyroids of sheep, oxen and pigs, iodine is most generally present in quite appreciable amount, ..."

8. Diet in Health and Disease by Julius Friedenwald, John Ruhräh (1907)
"relatively less iodine than healthy thyroids, but according to Oswald, Fr. Weiss (65) ... Oswald considers that the iodine content of goitres runs parallel, ..."

9. American Journal of Physiology by American Physiological Society (1887- ). (1913)
"Presumably the iodine is the more important constituent; the two, however, associated or combined, seem to give the best therapeutic results, and to-day the ..."

10. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1910)
"During the past three years the study of the iodine content of protein substances, particularly those of the thyroid gland and various thyroid extracts, ..."

11. The American Journal of the Medical Sciences by Southern Society for Clinical Investigation (U.S.) (1854)
"Topical Uses of iodine.—The value of iodine as a counter-irritant is year by year becoming more generally appreciated, and is yet much less so than it ..."

12. Standard methods of chemical analysis: A Manual of Analytical Methods and by Wilfred Welday Scott (1917)
"Iodides are decomposed and iodine determined by one of the following procedures : I. Decomposition of the Iodide by Ferric Salts The method takes advantage ..."

13. American Druggist (1885)
"About 0.5 gramme of iodine is accurately weighed in a small tube, ... Water, by the sticky coherence of the iodine together, or to the side of the bottle. ..."

14. Science by American Association for the Advancement of Science (1897)
"In human thyroids, on the other hand, as well as in the thyroids of sheep, oxen and pigs, iodine is most generally present in quite appreciable amount, ..."

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