IODINATE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does iodinate mean? 

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

1. cause to combine with iodine

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• IODINATE (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they iodinate    ... he / she / it iodinates   
Past simple: iodinated   
Past participle: iodinated   
-ing form: iodinating   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Cause to combine with iodine

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Context example:

iodinate thyroxine

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

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Antonym:

de-iodinate (remove iodine from)

Derivation:

iodine (a nonmetallic element belonging to the halogens; used especially in medicine and photography and in dyes; occurs naturally only in combination in small quantities (as in sea water or rocks))

 Context examples 

The meglumine salt form of diatrizoate, an organic, iodinated, radiopaque X-ray contrast medium used in diagnostic radiography.

(Diatrizoate Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

The degree of opacity produced by iothalamate sodium is directly proportional to the total amount of the iodinated contrast agent in the path of the x-rays.

(Iothalamate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

The degree of opacity produced by iopamidol is directly proportional to the total amount of the iodinated contrast agent in the path of the x-rays.

(Iopamidol, NCI Thesaurus)

The degree of opacity produced by ioxaglate meglumine is directly proportional to the total amount of the iodinated contrast agent in the path of the x-rays.

(Ioxaglate Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

The degree of opacity produced by ioxaglate sodium is directly proportional to the total amount of the iodinated contrast agent in the path of the x-rays.

(Ioxaglate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

An iodinated radiopaque X-ray contrast medium.

(Diatrizoate Sodium, NCI Thesaurus)

An organic, iodinated radiopaque X-ray contrast medium used in diagnostic radiography.

(Diatrizoic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)

Thyroxine is de-iodinated to form triiodothyronine (T3) in the peripheral tissues.

(Levothyroxine, NCI Thesaurus)

The degree of opacity produced by iothalamate meglumine is directly proportional to the total amount of the iodinated contrast agent in the path of the x-rays.

(Iothalamate Meglumine, NCI Thesaurus)

An ionic tri-iodinated benzoate used as a contrast agent in diagnostic imaging.

(Iothalamic Acid, NCI Thesaurus)