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iodoform

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i·o·do·form  (-d-fôrm, -d-)
n.
A yellowish crystalline iodine compound, CHI3, used as an antiseptic.
[iodo- + form(yl).]
iodoform [aɪˈɒdəˌfɔːm]
n
(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a yellow crystalline insoluble volatile solid with a penetrating sweet odour made by heating alcohol with iodine and an alkali: used as an antiseptic. Formula: CHI3 Systematic name triiodomethane
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Noun1.iodoform - sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3
tri-iodomethane
haloform - compounds with the formula CHX3, where X is a halogen atom
2.iodoformiodoform - a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing
triiodomethane
antiseptic - a substance that destroys micro-organisms that carry disease without harming body tissues
Translations
iodoform [aɪˈɒdəfɔːm] N → yodoformo m


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They were associated in his mind with a faint odour of iodoform.
Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
It was a strange and frightful spectacle--the small, bunk-lined space, the floor and walls leaping and lurching, the dim light, the swaying shadows lengthening and fore-shortening monstrously, the thick air heavy with smoke and the smell of bodies and iodoform, and the inflamed faces of the men--half-men, I should call them.
The Sea Wolf by London, Jack View in context
As to your practice, if a gentleman walks into my rooms smelling of iodoform, with a black mark of nitrate of silver upon his right forefinger, and a bulge on the right side of his top-hat to show where he has secreted his stethoscope, I must be dull, indeed, if I do not pronounce him to be an active member of the medical profession.
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