DE-IODINATE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

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)