deiodinate

English

Etymology

de- +‎ iodinate

Verb

deiodinate (third-person singular simple present deiodinates, present participle deiodinating, simple past and past participle deiodinated)

1. (chemistry, transitive) To remove iodine from.
   • 2016 January 23, “Transcriptome Profiling of Caco-2 Cancer Cell Line following Treatment with Extracts from Iodine-Biofortified Lettuce ( Lactuca sativa L.)”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     DIO1 protein functions as an enzyme deiodinating thyroxine (T4) to active thyroid hormone—T3 and its over-expression may be correlated with high levels of iodine turnover in the cells.