Definition of Tincture of iodine

1. Noun. A tincture consisting of a solution of iodine in ethyl alcohol; applied topically to wounds as an antiseptic.

Exact synonyms: Iodine
Generic synonyms: Antiseptic, Tincture

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tincture Of Iodine

tinchels
tinclad
tinclads
tinct
tinctable
tincted
tincting
tinction
tinctorial
tinctorially
tincts
tinctumutation
tinctura
tincturation
tincture
tincture of iodine (current term)
tincture of opium
tinctured
tinctures
tincturing
tind
tindal
tindals
tinded
tinder
tinder-box
tinder-boxes
tinder box
tinderbox
tinderboxes

Literary usage of Tincture of iodine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Lancet (1843)
"ON THE TOPICAL APPLICATION OP THE tincture of iodine, WITH NUMEROUS CASES. ... The baud to receive a thick coating of the tincture of iodine ; and, ..."

2. Pharmaceutical Journal by Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain (1847)
"I will first consider the case of tincture of iodine recently prepared, ... I will now consider the ease of tincture of iodine which has been prepared four ..."

3. The Lancet (1842)
"The proportion of tincture of iodine to water first used by me has been found to answer best, failures having occurred in the hands of those surgeon» in ..."

4. The Retrospect of Practical Medicine and Surgery: Being a Half-yearly edited by William Braithwaite, James Braithwaite, Edmond Fauriel Trevelyan (1864)
"Then put a hair pencil in a solution of equal parts of tincture of iodine and distilled water, and pass the extremity of the pencil on the edge of the lid, ..."

5. The American Year Book: A Record of Events and Progress by Francis Graham Wickware, (, Albert Bushnell Hart, (, Simon Newton Dexter North, William M. Schuyler (1914)
"The year 1013 has been characterized by the almost universal adoption of the full-strength tincture of iodine fur the preparation of the field of the ..."

6. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1866)
"Nicotine in aqueous solution gives with tincture of iodine a yellowish ... Heated with tincture of iodine it yields ..."

7. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1904)
"It is well known that tincture of iodine, very soon after its ... Tincture of iodine, which during the first two days gave no evidence of change, ..."

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