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kamet
  • n  a mountain in the Himalayas in northern India (25,450 feet high)
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iodochlorhydroxyquin
  • n  drug used to treat certain fungal infection (as athlete's foot)
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iodocompound
  • n  a compound containing the covalent iodine radical
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iodination
  • n  the substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds
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iodine
  • 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)
  • n  a tincture consisting of a solution of iodine in ethyl alcohol; applied topically to wounds as an antiseptic
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iodine-125
  • n  light radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 60 days; used as a tracer in thyroid studies and as a treatment for hyperthyroidism
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iodine-131
  • n  heavy radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 8 days; used in a sodium salt to diagnose thyroid disease and to treat goiter
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katsina
  • n  a city in northern Nigeria; a major center of the Hausa people
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iodoform
  • n  sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3
  • n  a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing
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