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deiodinate

deiodinate verb: to remove iodine from.

Verb

deiodinate (third-person singular simple present deiodinates, present participle deiodinating, simple past and past participle deiodinated)

  1. (transitive) To remove iodine from.
    • DIO1 protein functions as an enzyme deiodinating thyroxine (T4) to active thyroid hormone—T3 and its over-expression may be correlated with high levels of iodine turnover in the cells.2016 January 23, “Transcriptome Profiling of Caco-2 Cancer Cell Line following Treatment with Extracts from Iodine-Biofortified Lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.)”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of deiodinate

third-person singular presentdeiodinates
present participledeiodinating
past participledeiodinated
pastdeiodinated

Origin of deiodinate

From de- + iodinate.

Questions about deiodinate

What does deiodinate mean?
Deiodinate means to remove iodine from.
What part of speech is deiodinate?
Deiodinate is a verb.
What is the past tense of deiodinate?
The past tense of deiodinate is deiodinated.

Words near deiodinate in the dictionary

  1. deinvests
  2. deiodase
  3. deiodases
  4. deiodinase
  5. deiodinases
  6. deiodinate
  7. deiodinated
  8. deiodinates
  9. deiodinating
  10. deiodination
  11. deiodinations

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