radioactive iodine

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

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He was radioactive to those who once valued his political counsel and editorial avidity.
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The website even sells iodine drops, called “Survival Shield,” at their official store.
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He was struck down inside an upmarket London hotel by a rare radioactive poison that had been slipped in to his pot of tea.
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That would be Nobel Prize winner Marie Curie, the gal who discovered radioactive polonium.
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This I attribute to the potash being in a little more caustic condition than when recrystallised with iodine.
Notes and Queries, Number 177, March 19, 1853|Various
Of the other substances, iodine is restricted exclusively to sea-plants, but to them it appears to be essential.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
The calculation may be made exactly as in the case of the similar constant for iodine (p. 273).
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
The tendency of iodine to form hypoiodous acid, iodates, etc., is not taken into consideration here and involves another relation.
The Elements of Qualitative Chemical Analysis, vol. 1, parts 1 and 2.|Julius Stieglitz
"Yes, 'tis his left hand he'd be using all the time when I'm not noticing him," said Kate, returning with the iodine.
The Boy Grew Older|Heywood Broun