a substance in which iodine is combined with an agent that renders it soluble, making a solution suitable for use as a disinfectant
iodophor in American English
(aiˈoudəˌfɔr, -ˌfour)
noun
Pharmacology
a complex of iodine and a surfactant that releases free iodine in solution, used as an antiseptic and disinfectant
Word origin
[1950–55; iodo- + -phor, var. sp. of -phore]This word is first recorded in the period 1950–55. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: International Gothic, drip-dry, point spread, point-of-sale, speech recognition
Examples of 'iodophor' in a sentence
iodophor
They do however offer a weak recommendation for washing tissues with iodophor.
Ashley O. Frois, B.Eng., Patrick O. Harbour, BBiomedSc, Farhad Azimi, MBBS, FRACS,MS, Jane Young, MBBS, PhD, FAFPHM, Belinda Chan, MBBS (Hons), FRACS, MS, Cindy Mak,MBBS (Hons), FRACS, Sanjay Warrier, MBBS, FRACS, MS 2018, 'The Role of Antibiotics in Breast Pocket Irrigation and Implant Immersion: A SystematicReview', Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, Global Openhttp://journals.lww.com/prsgo/fulltext/10.1097/GOX.0000000000001868. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
Four isolates revealed resistant to iodophor in the recommended concentration and 59 isolates when a sub-concentration was tested.
Luciane Martins Borowsky, Marjo Cadó Bessa, Marisa de Itapema Cardoso, César AugustoMarchionatti Avancini 2006, 'Sensibilidade e resistência de amostras de Salmonella Typhimurium isoladas de suínosabatidos no Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil frente aos desinfetantes químicos quaternáriode amônio e iodofor Sensitivity and resistance of samples of Salmonella Typhimuriumisolated in slaughter swines in the state Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil, front to disinfectantsquaternary ammonium and iodophor', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782006000500020. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The isolates were tested against quaternary ammonium and iodophor, which represent two commercial disinfectants commonly used in animal production.
Luciane Martins Borowsky, Marjo Cadó Bessa, Marisa de Itapema Cardoso, César AugustoMarchionatti Avancini 2006, 'Sensibilidade e resistência de amostras de Salmonella Typhimurium isoladas de suínosabatidos no Rio Grande do Sul/Brasil frente aos desinfetantes químicos quaternáriode amônio e iodofor Sensitivity and resistance of samples of Salmonella Typhimuriumisolated in slaughter swines in the state Rio Grande do Sul/Brazil, front to disinfectantsquaternary ammonium and iodophor', Ciência Ruralhttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0103-84782006000500020. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)