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organosulfur

organosulfur adjective: describing any of a series of derivatives of sulfur that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-sulfur bond.

Adjective

organosulfur (not comparable)

  1. Describing any of a series of derivatives of sulfur that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-sulfur bond.

Noun

organosulfur (plural organosulfurs)

  1. Any such organic compound.

Forms of organosulfur

Adjective
alternative formorganosulphur
Noun
pluralorganosulfurs

Origin of organosulfur

From organo- + sulfur.

Questions about organosulfur

What does organosulfur mean?
Organosulfur means describing any of a series of derivatives of sulfur that have at least one alkyl or aryl group, especially one containing at least one carbon-sulfur bond.
What part of speech is organosulfur?
Organosulfur can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near organosulfur in the dictionary

  1. organosulfates
  2. organosulfide
  3. organosulfides
  4. organosulfonate
  5. organosulfonates
  6. organosulfur
  7. organosulfurane
  8. organosulfuranes
  9. organosulfurs
  10. organosulphate
  11. organosulphates

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