dimethyl sulfoxide
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of dimethyl sulfoxide
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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It won't scale up to industrial treatment, and it uses dimethyl sulfoxide, or DMSO, but these findings will guide future discoveries about what might work.
From Salon
Here we report a system comprising a lithium carbonate-based protected anode, a molybdenum disulfide cathode2 and an ionic liquid/dimethyl sulfoxide electrolyte that operates as a lithium–air battery in a simulated air atmosphere with a long cycle life of up to 700 cycles.
From Nature
Until 1963, dimethyl sulfoxide was just another liquid solvent used in industry.
From Time Magazine Archive
They have tried this by putting a medical antifreeze, Dimethyl Sulfoxide, into the stomach or nearby arteries and cooling to 23� F. Some Risks.
From Time Magazine Archive
No new and virtually untested drug has ever been greeted with such optimistic fanfare as dimethyl sulfoxide, or DMSO, a colorless liquid extracted from paper-pulp wastes and commonly used as an industrial solvent.
From Time Magazine Archive
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