phenylthiocarbamide

/ fĕn′əl-thī′ō-kär′bə-mīd′,-kär-băm′īd,fē′nəl- /

1. A crystalline compound that tastes somewhat or intensely bitter to people with a specific dominant gene and is used to test for the presence of the gene. Also called phenylthiourea. Chemical formula: C 6 H 5 NHCSNH 2 .