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dimethyl sulfoxide

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.80 in modern English

Syllables
dimethyl -sul-fox-ide
IPA
37
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
4
Syllables
13
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

An organic compound, (CH₃)₂SO, obtained as a byproduct from wood pulp, and is used as a solvent for carrying out chemical reactions and for administering drugs through the skin; also used as a reagent; its polar structure is a resonance hybrid.

Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

DMSO (abbreviation) dimethyl sulphoxide (alternative)

Questions

What does dimethyl sulfoxide mean?
An organic compound, (CH₃)₂SO, obtained as a byproduct from wood pulp, and is used as a solvent for carrying out chemical reactions and for administering drugs through the skin; also used as a reagent; its polar structure is a resonance hybrid.

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