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sulphydryl

sulphydryl is the alternative spelling of sulfhydryl.

Meaning of sulfhydryl

Noun

sulfhydryl (plural sulfhydryls)

  1. The univalent radical -SH that is the sulfur analogue of hydroxyl and constitutes the thiol group.

Forms of sulphydryl

pluralsulphydryls

Questions about sulphydryl

What is sulphydryl the alternative spelling of?
Sulphydryl is the alternative spelling of sulfhydryl.

Words near sulphydryl in the dictionary

  1. sulphurylases
  2. sulphuryls
  3. sulphydrate
  4. sulphydrates
  5. sulphydric acid
  6. sulphydryl
  7. sulphydryls
  8. Sulpician
  9. Sulpicians
  10. sulpiride
  11. Sulpitian

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