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dimethylsulphoxide

dimethylsulphoxide is the alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfoxide.

Meaning of dimethyl sulfoxide

Noun

dimethyl sulfoxide (uncountable, abbreviation DMSO)

  1. An organic compound, (CH₃)₂SO, obtained as a byproduct from wood pulp, and is used as a solvent for carrying out chemical reactions and for administering drugs through the skin; also used as a reagent; its polar structure is a resonance hybrid.

Forms of dimethylsulphoxide

pluraldimethylsulphoxides

Questions about dimethylsulphoxide

What is dimethylsulphoxide the alternative spelling of?
Dimethylsulphoxide is the alternative spelling of dimethyl sulfoxide.

Words near dimethylsulphoxide in the dictionary

  1. dimethylsulfoniopropionate
  2. dimethylsulfoxide
  3. dimethylsulfoxides
  4. dimethylsulphide
  5. dimethylsulphoniopropionate
  6. dimethylsulphoxide
  7. dimethylsulphoxides
  8. dimethylthiambutene
  9. dimethylthiazol
  10. dimethylthiazols
  11. dimethyltransferase

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