adjective Chemistry.
- containing sulfur, especially in place of oxygen.
- a combining form meaning “sulfur,” used in chemical nomenclature in the names of compounds in which part or all of the oxygen atoms have been replaced by sulfur; often used to designate sulfur analogues of oxygen compounds.
combining form
- indicating that a chemical compound contains sulphur, esp denoting that a compound is derived from a specified compound by the replacement of an oxygen atom with a sulphur atomthiol; thiosulphate
pref.
- Containing sulfur, used especially of a compound in which oxygen has been replaced by a divalent sulfur:thioacid.
- A prefix that means containing sulfur, used especially of a compound in which an oxygen atom has been replaced by a sulfur atom, as in thiourea.