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disulfide

[dahy-suhl-fahyd, -fid]

di·sul·fide

[dahy-suhl-fahyd, -fid]
noun Chemistry.
1.
(in inorganic chemistry) a sulfide containing two atoms of sulfur, as carbon disulfide, CS2.
2.
(in organic chemistry) a sulfide containing the bivalent group −SS−, as diethyl disulfide, C4H10S2.
Also, di·sul·phide.


Origin:
1860–65; di-1 + sulfide
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Disulfide is always a great word to know.
So is labile. Does it mean:
a compound capable of changing state or becoming inactive when subjected to heat or radiation
any of a class of chemical compounds having the general formula ROH, where R represents an alkyl group and ?OH a hydroxyl group
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disulfide di·sul·fide (dī-sŭl'fīd')
n.
A chemical compound containing two sulfur atoms combined with other elements or radicals. Also called bisulfide.

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