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sulfide

[ suhl-fahyd, -fid ]
/ ˈsʌl faɪd, -fɪd /

noun Chemistry.

a compound of sulfur with a more electropositive element or, less often, a group.

Nearby words

  1. sulfatidate,
  2. sulfation,
  3. sulfatize,
  4. sulfhemoglobinemia,
  5. sulfhydryl,
  6. sulfinpyrazone,
  7. sulfinyl,
  8. sulfinyl group,
  9. sulfisoxazole,
  10. sulfite

Origin of sulfide

1830–40; sulf(ur) + -ide
Related formssub·sul·fide, noun
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Medicine definitions for sulfide

sulfide

[ sŭl′fīd′ ]

n.

A compound of bivalent sulfur with an electropositive element or group, especially a binary compound of sulfur with a metal.
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Science definitions for sulfide

sulfide

[ sŭl′fīd′ ]

A chemical compound of sulfur and another element or radical, such as hydrogen sulfide.
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