iodize
to treat, impregnate, or affect with iodine or an iodide.
Origin of iodize
1- Also especially British, i·o·dise .
Other words from iodize
- i·o·di·za·tion, noun
- i·o·diz·er, noun
- non·i·o·dized, adjective
- o·ver·i·o·dize, verb (used with object), o·ver·i·o·dized, o·ver·i·o·diz·ing.
- un·i·o·dized, adjective
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How to use iodize in a sentence
Adding iron to salt that is already iodized has turned out to be a real technical challenge, and getting manufacturers and the public to adopt it is another problem entirely.
The Download: YouTube’s deadly crafts, and DeepMind’s new chatbot | Rhiannon Williams | September 23, 2022 | MIT Technology ReviewAdding iron to iodized salt—making double-fortified salt, or DFS—turns out to be an entirely different class of problem.
One man’s crusade to end a global scourge with better salt | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology ReviewAdding iron to salt that is already iodized—resulting in so-called double-fortified salt—has turned out to be a technical challenge orders of magnitude harder than iodization.
One man’s crusade to end a global scourge with better salt | Katie McLean | December 18, 2020 | MIT Technology Review
British Dictionary definitions for iodize
iodise
/ (ˈaɪəˌdaɪz) /
(tr) to treat or react with iodine or an iodine compound: Also: iodate
Derived forms of iodize
- iodization or iodisation, noun
- iodizer or iodiser, noun
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Scientific definitions for iodize
[ ī′ə-dīz′ ]
To treat or combine with iodine or an iodide. Salt is iodized to prevent goiter.
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