iodize
Americanverb (used with object)
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Fortification of salt with iodine began in the United States in 1924, and international efforts to iodize salt in the world’s poorest nations continue today.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 19, 2013
To iodize the plate perfectly it must be placed over the iodine vapor immediately after buffing.
From History and Practice of the Art of Photography by Henry Hunt Snelling
They buy the gun-cotton of some good maker—Mr. Tomlinson, agent for Mr. Cutting, generally supplied the best—then dissolve, iodize, and bromize to suit their working.
“Our bodies actually need iodized salt,” another user wrote.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
"We now know folic acid fortification of iodized salt can prevent folate deficiency that causes spina bifida," says Godfrey Oakley Jr., MD, director of the Center for Spina Bifida Prevention at Rollins.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 11, 2024
The world has already changed its salt supply once: from regular salt to iodized salt.
From Salon ● Jan. 30, 2024
Dear Heloise: I don't understand the need for iodized salt — not in this day and age!
From Washington Post ● Aug. 21, 2021
The effect is produced upon a simple iodized plate, but still more upon a plate prepared in the ordinary way, with both iodine and bromine.
From American Hand Book of the Daguerreotype by S. D. (Samuel Dwight) Humphrey
Cambodia began iodizing table salt in 1999, with good results.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2017
In 1999, with help from donors, Cambodia began iodizing table salt.
From New York Times ● May 15, 2017
With salt, she said, manufacturers often use dextrose in the iodizing process, which most table salt undergoes to add the nutrient.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2015
To two drachms of the same alcohol add the iodizing material preferred, and mix with the other ingredients.
From Notes and Queries, Number 235, April 29, 1854 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. by Various
I use a glass cylinder, with air-pump attached, such as that described by Mr. Stewart as employed by him for iodizing his paper.
From Notes and Queries, Number 208, October 22, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by George Bell
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