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iodides

iodides is the plural of iodide.

Meaning of iodide

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
  2. The anionic form of an iodine atom.

Phrases with iodides

Questions about iodides

What is iodides the plural of?
Iodides is the plural of iodide.

Words near iodides in the dictionary

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

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