bisulphuret

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noun

A disulfide (functional group of two sulfur atoms).

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Meanings

nounbisulphuret (plural bisulphurets)

plural bisulphurets

  1. archaicchemistryA disulfide (functional group of two sulfur atoms).

    Occasionally in the metallic or native state: but its usual ore is the bisulpheret, known as Cinnabar .

    1849, Joseph Jones, A plain instructor, page 186
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    When the papules are developed, nothing answers so well as lotion made with two grains of the bisulpheret of mercury in one ounce of almond-emulsion or glycerine of starch, used every night.

    1885, St. Louis Clinical Review, page 358

Origin

From bi- + sulphuret.

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