sulfoxide

[suhl-fok-sahyd]

noun Chemistry.

a brown liquid, C18H28O3S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.
any of the compounds with the radical =SO, as dimethyl sulfoxide, (CH3)2SO.

Origin of sulfoxide

First recorded in 1890–95; sulf- + oxide

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sulfoxide in Medicine

sulfoxide

[sŭl-fŏk′sīd′]

n.

Any of various compounds that contain a sulfinyl group.

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