Translation for '
iodine' from English to Spanish
NOUN | iodine | - | |
SYNO | atomic number 53 | I | iodin | ... |
NOUN article.ind sg | pl
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- Iodine uptake against a concentration gradient is mediated by a sodium–iodine symporter and is linked to a sodium-potassium ATPase.
- Iodine oxides are chemical compounds of oxygen and iodine.
- Desalination removes iodine from water and could increase the risk of iodine deficiency disorders.
- All gas-phase iodine laser (AGIL) is a chemical laser using gaseous iodine as a lasing medium. Like the chemical oxygen iodine laser (COIL), it operates at the 1.315 µm wavelength (near-infrared).
- Iodine-125 (125I) is a radioisotope of iodine which has uses in biological assays, nuclear medicine imaging and in radiation therapy as brachytherapy to treat a number of conditions, including prostate cancer, uveal melanomas, and brain tumors.
- The administration of known goitrogen substances can also be used as a prevention in reducing the bio-uptake of iodine, (whether it be the nutritional non-radioactive iodine-127 or radioactive iodine, radioiodine - most commonly iodine-131, as the body cannot discern between different iodine isotopes).
- By far the largest source of iodine from brine is Japan, where iodine-rich water is co-produced with natural gas.
- Iodine produces fumes on gentle heating, although this is above the triple point and therefore not true sublimation.
- Radioactive iodine, which has been used to treat thyroid diseases since 1941, survives today primarily in the treatment of thyrotoxicosis (hyperthyroidism) and some types of thyroid cancer that absorb iodine.
- Many plants have adapted to iodine-deficient terrestrial environment by removing iodine from their metabolism, in fact iodine is essential only for animal cells.
- Hertz's initial studies were conducted with iodine-128.
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