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Erythrosin :: Erythrosin (n.) A red dyestuff obtained from fluorescein by the action of iodine.

Iodide :: Iodide (n.) A binary compound of iodine, or one which may be regarded as binary; as, potassium iodide..

Diiodide :: Diiodide (n.) A compound of a binary type containing two atoms of iodine; -- called also biniodide.

Periodic :: Periodic (a.) Pertaining to, derived from, or designating, the highest oxygen acid (HIO/) of iodine..

Fluorine :: Fluorine (n.) A non-metallic, gaseous element, strongly acid or negative, or associated with chlorine, bromine, and iodine, in the halogen group of which it is the first member. It always occurs combined, is very active chemically, and possesses such an avidity for most elements, and silicon especially, that it can neither be prepared nor kept in glass vessels. If set free it immediately attacks the containing material, so that it was not isolated until 1886. It is a pungent, corrosive, colorles

Chloriodic :: Chloriodic (a.) Compounded of chlorine and iodine; containing chlorine and iodine.

Polyiodide :: Polyiodide (n.) A iodide having more than one atom of iodine in the molecule.

Iodine :: Iodine (n.) A nonmetallic element, of the halogen group, occurring always in combination, as in the iodides. When isolated it is in the form of dark gray metallic scales, resembling plumbago, soft but brittle, and emitting a chlorinelike odor. Symbol I. Atomic weight 126.5. If heated, iodine volatilizes in beautiful violet vapors..

Kelp :: Kelp (n.) The calcined ashes of seaweed, -- formerly much used in the manufacture of glass, now used in the manufacture of iodine..

Lardacein :: Lardacein (n.) A peculiar amyloid substance, colored blue by iodine and sulphuric acid, occurring mainly as an abnormal infiltration into the spleen, liver, etc..

Achroodextrin :: Achroodextrin (n.) Dextrin not colorable by iodine. See Dextrin.

Oxiodic :: Oxiodic (a.) Pertaining to, or designating, certain compounds of iodine and oxygen..

Homology :: Homology (n.) The correspondence or resemblance of substances belonging to the same type or series; a similarity of composition varying by a small, regular difference, and usually attended by a regular variation in physical properties; as, there is an homology between methane, CH4, ethane, C2H6, propane, C3H8, etc., all members of the paraffin series. In an extended sense, the term is applied to the relation between chemical elements of the same group; as, chlorine, bromine, and iodine are said

Iodic :: Iodic (a.) to, or containing, iodine; specif., denoting those compounds in which it has a relatively high valence; as, iodic acid..

Liquefacient :: Liquefacient (n.) An agent, as mercury, iodine, etc., which promotes the liquefying processes of the system, and increases the secretions..

Erythrogranulose :: Erythrogranulose (n.) A term applied by Brucke to a substance present in small amount in starch granules, colored red by iodine..

Granulose :: Granulose (n.) The main constituent of the starch grain or granule, in distinction from the framework of cellulose. Unlike cellulose, it is colored blue by iodine, and is converted into dextrin and sugar by boiling acids and amylolytic ferments..

Daguerreotype :: Daguerreotype (n.) An early variety of photograph, produced on a silver plate, or copper plate covered with silver, and rendered sensitive by the action of iodine, or iodine and bromine, on which, after exposure in the camera, the latent image is developed by the vapor of mercury..

Absorbent :: Absorbent (n.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts..

Acidifier :: Acidifier (n.) A simple or compound principle, whose presence is necessary to produce acidity, as oxygen, chlorine, bromine, iodine, etc..

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