a yellow crystalline insoluble volatile solid with a penetrating sweet odour made by heating alcohol with iodine and an alkali: used as an antiseptic. Formula: CHI3
Systematic name: triiodomethane
iodoform in American English
(aɪˈoʊdəˌfɔrm)
noun
a yellowish, crystalline compound of iodine, CHI3, used as an antiseptic in surgical dressings