IODOFORM
\ˈa͡ɪədˌɒfɔːm], \ˈaɪədˌɒfɔːm], \ˈaɪ_ə_d_ˌɒ_f_ɔː_m]\
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sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3
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a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing
By Princeton University
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sweet smelling yellow solid haloform CHI3
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a yellowish crystalline solid with a penetrating odor; sometimes used as an antiseptic dressing
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
By William R. Warner
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It is obtained by the reaction on each other of iodine, bicarbonate of potassa, water, and alcohol. It is in crystalline plates, of a beautiful citrine colour; and may be given in the same cases as the other preparations of iodine. Dose, one grain, three times a day. It is the sesqui-iodide of carbon. See Carbonis sesqui-iodidum.
By Robley Dunglison
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A crystalline substance, CHI3, with pungent odor: anesthetic and antiseptic.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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The compound, CHI3, discovered by Serullas in 1822. It is used as an antiseptic, disinfectant, and sedative application to wounds, as an application in catarrhs of mucous membranes; in the form of inunctions in meningitis. It is sometimes used internally. [Iodoformum, U. S. Ph., Br. Ph.]
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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hydromorphic
- [Greek] Structurally adapted to an aquatic environment, as organs of water plants.