Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In chem., a prefix now restricted to the names of substances in which sulphur may properly be viewed as replacing oxygen. In the older names for such substances the prefix sulpha- was often used.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- (Chem.) A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting
the presence of sulphur . Seesulpho- .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- prefix chemistry containing
sulfur /sulphur , especially a compound in whichoxygen has been replaced by this element
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek θεῖον (theion, "Sulfur")
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