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Iodize

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To treat or combine with iodine or an iodide: iodize salt.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. to treat or react with iodine

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To treat or impregnate with iodine or its compounds.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

In medicine, to treat with iodine; affect with iodine.

In photography, to impregnate, as collodion, with iodine; add iodine or an iodide to.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. treat with iodine

v. treat with iodine so as to prevent infection

Word Usage

"The pills—containing inexpensive potassium iodide, which is the substance used to iodize common table salt—can prevent thyroid cancer by saturating the thyroid gland with a harmless type of iodine, keeping it from absorbing radioactive iodine that might be inhaled or ingested after a radiation release."

Verb Form

iodized iodizes iodizing

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

process treat care for

Form

iodized iodizing