sulfoxide
Americannoun
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a brown liquid, C 1 8 H 2 8 O 3 S, insoluble in water, used as an insecticide synergist.
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any of the compounds with the radical =SO, as dimethyl sulfoxide, (CH3 ) 2 SO.
Etymology
Origin of sulfoxide
Example Sentences
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It’s produced naturally as bacteria do their work on dimethyl sulfoxide waste in sewers.
From Salon • May 31, 2025
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
Until 1963, dimethyl sulfoxide was just another liquid solvent used in industry.
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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