IODINE
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There are 7 entries related to IODINE in the AudioEnglish.net dictionary.
This hasn't just one meaning; primarily, it's 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)
Light radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 60 days; used as a tracer in thyroid studies and as a treatment for hyperthyroidism
Heavy radioactive isotope of iodine with a half-life of 8 days; used in a sodium salt to diagnose thyroid disease and to treat goiter
It's a tincture consisting of a solution of iodine in ethyl alcohol; applied topically to wounds as an antiseptic
Test of thyroid function in which the patient is give an oral does of radioactive iodine-131
Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine taken up by the thyroid gland
Radioactive iodine test that measures the amount of radioactive iodine excreted in the urine
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