"organosulfur" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: organosulphur [alternative]
Etymology: From organo- + sulfur. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|organo-|sulfur}} organo- + sulfur Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} organosulfur (not comparable)
  1. (chemistry) 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. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-organosulfur-en-adj-cLQ9MCwX Categories (other): Chemistry, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with organo-, Pages with 1 entry, Sulfur Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with organo-: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Sulfur: 100 0 Topics: chemistry, natural-sciences, physical-sciences Related terms: mercaptan, sulfamic acid, sulfane, sulfatide, sulfenamide, sulfene, sulfenic acid, sulfenyl, sulfenylium, sulfide, sulfilimine, sulfimide, sulfimine, sulfinamide, sulfinamidine, sulfine, sulfinic acid, sulfinic anhydride, sulfinimine, sulfinylamine, sulfolipid, sulfonamide, sulfone, sulfonediimine, sulfonic acid, sulfonic anhydride, sulfonimide, sulfonium, sulfonphthalein, sulfonylamine, sulfoxide, sulfoximide, sulfoximine, sultam, sultim, sultine, sultone, thiol

Noun

Forms: organosulfurs [plural], organosulphur [alternative]
Etymology: From organo- + sulfur. Etymology templates: {{affix|en|organo-|sulfur}} organo- + sulfur Head templates: {{en-noun}} organosulfur (plural organosulfurs)
  1. (organic chemistry) Any such organic compound.
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Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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