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deiodinates

deiodinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deiodinate.

Meaning of deiodinate

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

Questions about deiodinates

What is deiodinates the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Deiodinates is the third-person singular simple present indicative of deiodinate.

Words near deiodinates in the dictionary

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

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