SOZOIODOL
\sˈɒzɔ͡ɪˌɒdɒl], \sˈɒzɔɪˌɒdɒl], \s_ˈɒ_z_ɔɪ_ˌɒ_d_ɒ_l]\
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Diiodoparaphenol sulphonic acid, C6H3l2.SO3H (OH), non-poisonous, and not decomposed by light, though containing over 50 per cent, of iodin. It has been used externally as an antiseptic, disinfectant, and antiparasitic, in burns, and in various cutaneous nasal and pharyngeal affections, and internally in diabetes.
By Smith Ely Jelliffe
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).