Thio (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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adjective Chemistry.
  1. containing sulfur, especially in place of oxygen.
  1. 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meaning “sulfur,” used in chemical nomenclature in the names of compounds in which part or all of the oxygen atoms have been replaced by sulfur; often used to designate sulfur analogues of oxygen compounds.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
  1. 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 atom
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