thio acid
noun Chemistry.
an acid in which part or all of the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur.
Nearby words
- thinner,
- thinnish,
- thinspiration,
- thinspo,
- thio,
- thio salt,
- thio-,
- thio-ether,
- thioacetamide,
- thioacetic
Origin of thio acid
First recorded in 1890–95
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thioacid
[ thī′ō-ăs′ĭd ]
n.
An organic acid in which one or more of the oxygen atoms have been replaced by sulfur atoms.
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