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DE-IODINATE
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Remove iodine from
Example:
de-iodinate the thyroxine
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
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)
