iodophilic

As an adjective iodophilic

is binding to iodine, or containing starches that bind to iodine, and therefore detectable or identifiable by staining with iodine.

As a noun iodophilia is

the property of being iodophilic: an affinity for iodine, such as is demonstrated by the white blood cells of people with certain medical conditions.

As adjectives the difference between starch and iodophilic

is that starch is stiff; precise; rigid while iodophilic is binding to iodine, or containing starches that bind to iodine, and therefore detectable or identifiable by staining with iodine.

As a noun starch

is (uncountable) a widely diffused vegetable substance found especially in seeds, bulbs, and tubers, and extracted (as from potatoes, corn, rice, etc) as a white, glistening, granular or powdery substance, without taste or smell, and giving a very peculiar creaking sound when rubbed between the fingers it is used as a food, in the production of commercial grape sugar, for stiffening linen in laundries, in making paste, etc.

As a verb starch

is to apply or treat with laundry starch, to create a hard, smooth surface.

As a noun iodine

is a chemical element (symbol : i) with an atomic number of 53; one of the halogens.

As a verb iodine

is to treat with iodine.

As an adjective iodophilic is

binding to iodine, or containing starches that bind to iodine, and therefore detectable or identifiable by staining with iodine.