Meanings
nounhypothiocyanite (uncountable)
- uncountablechemistryAn organic compound formed when an oxygen is singly bonded to the thiocyanate group, found in the antimicrobial immune system of the human respiratory tract; the conjugate base of hypothiocyanous acid
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