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IODINATION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does iodination mean?
• IODINATION (noun)
The noun IODINATION has 1 sense:
1. the substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds
Familiarity information: IODINATION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The substitution or addition of iodine atoms in organic compounds
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("iodination" is a kind of...):
chemical action; chemical change; chemical process ((chemistry) any process determined by the atomic and molecular composition and structure of the substances involved)
Derivation:
Context examples
In addition, the radioiodine moiety of this agent is resistant to de-iodination.
(Iodine I 124 Phospholipid Ether Analogue CLR1404, NCI Thesaurus)
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