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1
: any of various organic compounds characterized by a sulfur atom attached to two carbon atoms
2
: a binary compound (such as CuS) of sulfur usually with a more electropositive element or group : a salt of hydrogen sulfide
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Keep In Mind This shampoo isn't medicated and doesn't contain active ingredients, such as ketoconazole, selenium sulfide, or pyrithione zinc.
—April Benshosan, Verywell Health, 9 May 2024
However, tea tree oil is not as well-studied as antifungals like zinc, ketoconazole, and selenium sulfide.
—April Benshosan, Verywell Health, 9 May 2024
Kuma, who designed the Japan National Stadium (the centerpiece of the 2021 Tokyo Olympics), renovated the imposing 1920s-era, red brick Kyoto Central Telephone Office, while adding an industrial-looking building — sheathed in copper sulfide plating, cedar, glass and concrete — next door.
—John Wogan, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2024
Among the molecules found by Webb was dimethyl sulfide.
—Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 16 Jan. 2024
While prototypes of polymetallic nodule collectors have been deployed in the Pacific Ocean, machines to mine seamounts and sulfide deposits remain untested.
—Todd Woody, Fortune Europe, 13 Jan. 2024
During Bischoff’s time, physicians turned to treatments like mercury sulfide to battle infections.
—Emilie Le Beau Lucchesi, Discover Magazine, 16 Jan. 2024
Acid-rock drainage can also happen naturally when streams weather sulfide rock in ore deposits.
—Alec Luhn, Scientific American, 19 Dec. 2023
Hydrogen sulfide gas can cause irritation to the eyes and respiratory system, apnea, coma, convulsions, dizziness, headache, weakness, irritability, insomnia and stomach upset, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 10 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1836, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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Cite this Entry
“Sulfide.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/sulfide. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
Kids Definition
sulfide
noun
sul·fide
ˈsəl-ˌfīd
: a compound of sulfur with one or more other elements : a salt of hydrogen sulfide
Medical Definition
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