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DMSO

American  
  1. dimethyl sulfoxide: a liquid substance, C 2 H 6 OS, used in industry as a solvent and paint and varnish remover; proposed as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory in musculoskeletal disorders.


DMSO British  

abbreviation

  1. dimethylsulphoxide

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of DMSO

1960–65; d(i)m(ethyl) s(ulf ) o(xide)

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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 Aug. 20, 2022

Researchers led by William Dichtel and Brittany Trang, chemists at Northwestern University, studied numerous recipes involving DMSO.

From Science Magazine Aug. 17, 2022

Right: pregnant mice received BMS493 or the vehicle DMSO.

From Nature Apr. 4, 2014

Is DMSO, as its supporters stubbornly claim, "the aspirin of the 21st century"?

From Time Magazine Archive

The FDA was clearly right in curbing the free-for-all use of DMSO.

From Time Magazine Archive

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