iodophor etymology

English word iodophor comes from English iodo- ((chemistry) containing iodine.), English -phore (Bearer, carrier or conveyor.)

Detailed word origin of iodophor

Dictionary entryLanguageDefinition
iodo- English (eng) (chemistry) containing iodine.
-phore English (eng) Bearer, carrier or conveyor.
iodophor English (eng) (chemistry) A complex of iodine designed to free it in solution.

Words with the same origin as iodophor

Descendants of iodo-
iodoacetamide iodoacetate iodoadamantane iodoamphetamine iodoanisole iodobenzene iodobenzoate iodobutane iodohippurate iodomecone iodomorphine iodoplumbism iodoprotein iodoquinine iodoquinoline iodoresiniferatoxin iodostrychnine iodosugar iodosulfide iodosulfite iodosulphate iodosulphide iodothyrin iodothyronine
Descendants of -phore
adenophorous androphore carpophore chromophore electrophore gametophore luminophore mechanophore myophore necrophore nectophore odontophore onomatophore oophore oöphore phagophore pharmacophore photophore pogonophore polyphore rhinophoral semantophore siderophore zygophore