iodine
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3.9
- noun
- /ˈaɪəˌdin/
- Specialized
:
tintura de yodo
- The nurse applied iodine to the wound to prevent infection.
- povidone-iodine
- iodine solution
It was quite a bite and I put iodine on it.
- It was quite a bite and I put iodine on it.
Examples
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When she dabbed the iodine on my cut, I winced, but it wasn't because of the sting.
Fiction book (2002) -
Then I'll put some iodine on this finger and go back to work.
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-Okay, let me get some iodine on it.
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This has some iodine on it, so it might hurt a little.
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It's a good thing Mr. Penny had some iodine.
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Get a wet towel and some iodine.
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Back at the house, Glenna Anne painted his split lip with iodine.
Fiction book (1991) -
I stare into her brown face as she paints the cut with a cold wand of iodine.
Fiction book (1991) -
Lester Douglas looked at her wounds and put iodine on the scratches.
Fiction book (1994) -
Before bandaging the cut, he carefully put some iodine on it.
Synonyms
1
4.6
A liquid of iodine in alcohol used to clean cuts and prevent infection
Compounds
- Specialized
1
4.6
A liquid of iodine in alcohol used to clean cuts and prevent infection
- Specialized
A small radioactive form of iodine used to find and treat thyroid problems
- Specialized
A medical test that measures how much radioactive iodine is in the urine to check the thyroid
- Specialized
A test that checks how the thyroid takes a small amount of radioactive iodine
- Specialized
A test that measures how much radioactive iodine the thyroid takes to see how well it works
Surface Forms
Morphology
iodine = iod + ine
The tincture sense is an extension of the chemical substance name; the morphemes ('iod-' + '-ine') are not interpretable by average learners to yield 'antiseptic solution'.
Etymology
Iodine for the antiseptic has the same name because the liquid contains the iodine element, the dark purple substance named from Greek ioeides meaning 'violet-coloured'; so the antiseptic is simply named after the purple element it contains.