| sulpho- | <chemistry, prefix> A prefix (also used adjectively) designating sulphur as an ingredient in certain compounds. (29 Oct 1998) |
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| sulphoarsenic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or containing, sulphur and arsenic; said of an acid which is the same as arsenic acid with the substitution of sulphur for oxygen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulphocarbonate | <chemistry> A salt of sulphocarbonic acid; a thiocarbonate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulphocarbonic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, or designating, a sulphacid, H2CSO2 (called also thiocarbonic acid), or an acid, H2CS3, analogous to carbonic acid, obtained as a yellow oily liquid of a pungent odour, and forming salts. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulphocyanate | <chemistry> A salt of sulphocyanic acid; also called thiocyanate, and formerly inaccurately sulphocyanide. Ferric sulphocyanate, a dark red crystalline substance usually obtained in a blood-red solution, and recognised as a test for ferric iron. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulphocyanic | <chemistry> Of, pertaining to, derived from, or designating, a sulphacid, HSCN, analogous to cyanic acid, and obtained as a colourless deliquescent crystalline substance, having a bitter saline taste, and not poisonous. See: Sulphur, Cyanic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulphocyanide | <chemistry> See Sulphocyanate. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulphocyanogen | <chemistry> See Persulphocyanogen. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulphoglucosamine sulphamidase | <enzyme> Believed to be defect in mucopolysaccharidosis IIIa (sanfilippo syndrome a) Registry number: EC 3.10.1.1 Synonym: sulfoglucosamine sulfamidase, sulphamate sulphamidase, sulphamidase, sulfamidase, heparin sulfamidase, heparin sulfamatase, heparin n-sulfatase, 2-deoxy-d-glucoside-2-sulfamate sulfohydrolase, sulfamate sulfohydrolase, sulfamate sulfatase (26 Jun 1999) |
| sulpholipid | <biochemistry> Lipids in which the polar head group contains sulphate species. Synthesised in the Golgi complex. (18 Nov 1997) |
| sulphonal | <medicine> A substance employed as a hypnotic, produced by the union of mercaptan and acetone. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulphonamide | <pharmacology> Group of drugs derived from sulphanilamide (a red dye): act by blocking folic acid synthesis from p aminobenzoic acid (PABA), because they are competitive analogues. (18 Nov 1997) |
| sulphonate | <chemistry> A salt of sulphonic acid. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulphone | <chemistry> Any one of a series of compounds analogous to the ketones, and consisting of the sulphuryl group united with two hydrocarbon radicals; as, dimethyl sulphone, (CH).SO. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| sulphonic | <chemistry> Pertaining to, or derived from, a sulphone; used specifically to designate any one of a series of acids (regarded as acid ethereal salts of sulphurous acid) obtained by the oxidation of the mercaptans, or by treating sulphuric acid with certain aromatic bases (as benzene); as, phenyl sulphonic acid, C6H5.SO2.OH, a stable colourless crystalline substance. <chemistry> Sulphonic group, the hypothetical radical, SO2.OH, the characteristic residue of sulphonic acids. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |