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Webster 1913 Edition

Iodoform

I-od′o-form

,

Noun.

[

Iodo-

+

formyl.

See

, and cf.

.]

(Chem.)

A yellow, crystalline, volatile substance,

CI3H

, having an offensive odor and sweetish taste, and analogous to chloroform. It is used in medicine as a healing and antiseptic dressing for wounds and sores.