DE-IODINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does de-iodinate mean? 

• DE-IODINATE (verb)
  The verb DE-IODINATE has 1 sense:

1. remove iodine from

  Familiarity information: DE-IODINATE used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DE-IODINATE (verb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Remove iodine from

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

de-iodinate the thyroxine

Hypernyms (to "de-iodinate" is one way to...):

remove; take; take away; withdraw (remove something concrete, as by lifting, pushing, or taking off, or remove something abstract)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

iodinate (cause to combine with iodine)

Derivation:

de-iodination (the removal of iodine atoms from organic compounds)