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sulfoxide

noun sulf·ox·ide

Medical Definition of SULFOXIDE

:  any of a class of organic compounds characterized by a sulfinyl group with its sulfur atom having two bonds with carbon

Variants of SULFOXIDE

sulf·ox·ide or chiefly British sulph·ox·ide \ˌsəl-ˈfäk-ˌsīd\

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