Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

sulfhydryl

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.50 in modern English

Syllables: sulfhydryl
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The univalent radical -SH that is the sulfur analogue of hydroxyl and constitutes the thiol group.

Inflected Forms

sulfhydryls (plural) sulphydryl (alternative) sulphhydryl (alternative)

Derived Forms

calsulfhydryl nonsulfhydryl

Questions

What does sulfhydryl mean?: The univalent radical -SH that is the sulfur analogue of hydroxyl and constitutes the thiol group.

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