sulfide

[suhl-fahyd, -fid]

noun Chemistry.

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

Origin of sulfide

1830–40; sulf(ur) + -ide

Related formssub·sul·fide, noun

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sulfide in Medicine

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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sulfide in Science

sulfide

[sŭl′fīd′]

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

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