Definition of Sodium iodide

1. Noun. A crystalline salt used like potassium iodide.

Generic synonyms: Iodide

Medical Definition of Sodium iodide

1. Sodium iodide (nai). A compound forming white, odourless deliquescent crystals and used as iodine supplement, expectorant or in its radioactive (I-131) form as an diagnostic aid, particularly for thyroid function determinants. Chemical name: Sodium iodide (NaI) (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sodium Iodide

sodium fusidate
sodium glutamate
sodium glycerophosphate
sodium group
sodium hexafluorosilicate
sodium hydride
sodium hydrogen arsenate
sodium hydrogen sulfite
sodium hydroxide
sodium hypochlorite
sodium hypophosphite
sodium hyposulfite
sodium ichthyolsulfonate
sodium indigotin disulfonate
sodium iodide (current term)
sodium iodide iodine-131
sodium isotopes
sodium lactate
sodium lamp
sodium lamps
sodium lauryl sulfate
sodium lauryl sulphate
sodium levothyroxine
sodium liothyronine
sodium metabisulfite
sodium methicillin
sodium methylarsonate
sodium methylprednisolone succinate
sodium morrhuate

Literary usage of Sodium iodide

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

1. Journal of the American Chemical Society by American Chemical Society (1915)
"1.14 the mol. equiv. of sodium iodide and Ethyl Ether.) 20 40 50 60 i.60 2.70 3.18 3.62 KV. 0.0096 0.0092 0.0093 0.0094 TABLE XIV. ..."

2. The Absorption Spectra of Solutions as Studied by Means of the by Harry Clary Jones (1915)
"Table 25 gives the values found for potassium iodide, and table 27 similar values for sodium iodide. It will be seen that the effect of these salts on the ..."

3. The Pharmacopoeia of the United States of America: (The United States by United States Pharmacopoeial Convention (1820)
"sodium iodide occurs as colorless, cubical crystals, or as a white, ... An aqueous solution of sodium iodide (1 in 20) is neutral or slightly ..."

4. Conductivity and Viscosity in Mixed Solvents: A Study of the Conductivity by Harry Clary Jones, Charles Fowler Lindsay, Charles Geiger Carroll, Harry Preston Bassett, Eugene Cook Bingham, Charles August Rouiller, Leroy McMaster, William Reed Veazey (1907)
"Potassium iodide was one of the substances used. sodium iodide, The sodium iodide was the preparation previously employed, panying measurements were made: ..."

5. American Druggist (1884)
"Substitution of sodium iodide for Potassium Iodide. DR. BERG (Arch, of Medicine, April, 1884) enters a plea in behalf of the sodium iodide. ..."

6. The Scientific Work of Morris Loeb by Morris Loeb, Theodore William Richards (1913)
"sodium iodide is very soluble in absolute methyl alcohol and is not ... sodium iodide crystallizes from ethyl alcohol, forming an addition product, ..."

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