noun
Rare term; the more common modern equivalent is ヨードチンキ. This is a medical/disinfectant term.
See also: ヨードチンキ
昔は傷の消毒にヨジウムチンキを使ったそうだ。
I heard that they used tincture of iodine to disinfect wounds in the old days.
Standard katakana spelling for this loanword; no kanji form is specified.
Variant spelling with interpunct; less common but still encountered.
ヨードチンキ is the standard modern term for tincture of iodine; ヨジウムチンキ is an older, rarer variant.
Loanword from German 'Jodtinktur' (iodine tincture), with ヨジウム representing 'Jod' (iodine) and チンキ from 'Tinktur' (tincture).