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iodine
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. 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) [syn: iodin , I , atomic number 53 ] a tincture consisting of ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 A chemical element (''symbol'': I) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens. 2 An antiseptic incorporating the element. 3 (context countable uncountable obsolete English) An iodide. vb. (context transitive English) To treat with iodine.
Usage examples of iodine.
This shows that ferric acetate liberates iodine under the conditions of the assay.
It is best detected in acid solutions by the deep brown or iodine colour developed on adding hydroxyl.
Iodine inhalations, administered with the pocket inhaler, illustrated by Fig.
It is used as an indicator in volumetric silver assaying, and for the separation of iodine from bromine.
His arm already had been swabbed with iodine, sewn up and bandaged and in a sling and he was thanking his luck that his wound was relatively superficial.
Like some victorious general swept on by the momentum of his first bloody success, he began shooting diphtheria microbes, and iodine tri-chloride, and the poison of diphtheria microbes, into rabbits, into sheep, into dogs.
Iodine has a name that starts with two vowels, but so do einsteinium and europium.
Was this present outbreak due to the insidious hold of some new virus, breeding and spreading in places more civilised, perhaps stimulated horrifically by mescal, iodine and methylene blue?
The second is to seek expert advice on what mescal, methylene blue and iodine can do to people when used like all these bodies have been using it.
Can you tell me what happens to a person who paints himself with iodine and doses himself with mescal and methylene blue?
He accomplished this feat with the aid of iodine, methylene blue and mescal, and although the manner in which these components react relatively to each other is not fully understood, there is no doubt of their efficiency.
He agreed that mescal served only to stimulate the optic nerves, attuning them to the new vision, but the actual cause was iodine.
Then they gave him some cold tea and iodine and some tablets that tasted like chalk, but denied his request for muktuk, the flavorful skin of the beluga whale.
Among them are aniline violet, iodine violet, madder, alkanet, orchil and logwood.
An otoscope, a bottle of ethanol, iodine, sterile wrapped surgical needles.