sulphone

British

/ ˈsʌlfəʊn /

noun

any of a class of organic compounds containing the divalent group –SO 2 linked to two other organic groups. Certain sulphones are used in the treatment of leprosy and tuberculosis

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Further charges claim he bought and displayed "for commercial gain" two ring-tailed lemurs, one red-ruffed lemur, two black and white-ruffed lemurs, five Swinhoe's pheasants, an eagle owl, two barn owls, two wildcats, a Lesser Sulphone Crested cockatoo and a Geoffrey's marmoset without authority to do so.

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