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iodide

/ˈɑɪ.əˌdɑɪd/

iodide noun: a binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.

Noun

iodide (plural iodides)

  1. A binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.
    1. Any salt of hydroiodic acid.
      • The organification of iodide in the thyroid gland was described using a second order rate constant (KthybindC, /nmol/L*hr/kg thyroid weight) fitted to provide thyroidal iodide stores near the maximal value, which increased with age.2016 March 2, “Dietary Iodine Sufficiency and Moderate Insufficiency in the Lactating Mother and Nursing Infant: A Computational Perspective”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI
      • Presence of nitrides, argonides, arsenides, and iodides in the crystalline rocks2017, Kathleen F. Edwards, Joel F. Liebman, No Nobel for Noble Gases - Some Guesses Why
  2. The anionic form of an iodine atom.

iodide meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Telugu and Sanskrit

iodide in Hindi

binary compound
जंबुकित jambukit

iodide in Tamil

அயடைட்டு

iodide in Telugu

iodide
అయోడైడు ayōḍaiḍu

iodide in Sanskrit

binary compound
जम्बेय jambeya

Synonyms of iodide

Forms of iodide

pluraliodides

Plural of iodide: iodides

Origin of iodide

From iodine + -ide.

Words formed from iodide

Questions about iodide

What does iodide mean?
Iodide means a binary compound of iodine and another element or radical.
What is iodide in Hindi?
Iodide in Hindi is जंबुकित (jambukit). See Iodide meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is iodide?
Iodide is a noun.
How do you pronounce iodide?
Iodide is pronounced /ˈɑɪ.əˌdɑɪd/.
What is the plural of iodide?
The plural of iodide is iodides.

Words near iodide in the dictionary

  1. iodic
  2. iodic acid
  3. Iodice
  4. Iodices
  5. iodid
  6. iodide
  7. iodides
  8. iodids
  9. iodiferous
  10. iodimetry
  11. iodin

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Adapted from Wiktionary: iodide (page history and authors); iodide (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అయోడైడు (Telugu) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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