tincture of iodine

1. 1.

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

   Synonymsiodine

   Broadertinctureantiseptic

Questions about tincture of iodine

What does tincture of iodine mean?

tincture of iodine means "a tincture consisting of a solution of iodine in ethyl alcohol; applied topically to wounds as an antiseptic".

What is another word for tincture of iodine?

Close synonyms include iodine. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is tincture of iodine a common word?

tincture of iodine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.