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radioactive iodine

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n.

Any of the radioisotopes of iodine, especially I131, I125, or I123, used as tracers in biology and medicine.

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Words nearby radioactive iodine

radioactivate, radioactive, radioactive constant, radioactive dating, radioactive decay, radioactive iodine, radioactive isotope, radioactive series, radioactive tracer, radioactive waste, radioactivity

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This I attribute to the potash being in a little more caustic condition than when recrystallised with iodine.
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Of the other substances, iodine is restricted exclusively to sea-plants, but to them it appears to be essential.
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The calculation may be made exactly as in the case of the similar constant for iodine (p. 273).
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The tendency of iodine to form hypoiodous acid, iodates, etc., is not taken into consideration here and involves another relation.
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"Yes, 'tis his left hand he'd be using all the time when I'm not noticing him," said Kate, returning with the iodine.
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