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iodide

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iodide /io·dide/ (i´o-dīd) a binary compound of iodine.
i·o·dide (-dd)
n.
A compound of iodine with a more electropositive element or group.

iodide
[ī′ədīd]
Etymology: Gk, ioeides, violet
an anion of iodine. Sodium and potassium iodide are the salts most commonly used in medicine.

iodide
a binary compound of iodine or the I anion. Iodide inhibits the release of thyroxine from the thyroid gland. See also goiter.


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and their colleagues chose plants that had large amounts of natural organic matter, bromide, and iodide in their incoming water.
Since therapeutic immunogens were not available during that period, a combination of supersaturated potassium iodide (SSKI), itraconazole, and terbinafine was initiated.
 
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