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German
Noun
Jodoform n (strong, genitive Jodoforms, no plural)
- iodoform
1942, Stefan Zweig, Die Welt von Gestern [The World of Yesterday]:In den Kleidern, im Mund, in der Nase noch den Geruch von Jodoform aus dem Verwundetentransport von gestern, sah ich, wie sie Veilchensträußchen kauften und den Damen galant verehrten, wie tadellose Autos mit tadellos rasierten und gekleideten Herren durch die Straßen fuhren.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
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Further reading
- “Jodoform” in Duden online
- “Jodoform” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache