"iodophilic" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "iodo- + -philic",
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    {
      "form": "more iodophilic",
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      "form": "most iodophilic",
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        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "ref": "1960, Lilian E. Hawker, An Introduction to the Biology of Micro-organisms, E. Arnold, page 345",
          "text": "Cellulose decomposition is associated with iodophilic bacteria (i.e. organisms which reveal starch-like substances when stained with iodine) and which are found in large numbers attached to plant debris among the rumen contents.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Binding to iodine, or containing starches that bind to iodine, and therefore detectable or identifiable by staining with iodine."
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      "links": [
        [
          "iodine",
          "iodine"
        ],
        [
          "starch",
          "starch"
        ]
      ]
    }
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  "word": "iodophilic"
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  "etymology_text": "iodo- + -philic",
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      "form": "more iodophilic",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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        "Binding to iodine, or containing starches that bind to iodine, and therefore detectable or identifiable by staining with iodine."
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          "iodine",
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          "starch",
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