thiuretn.
/ˈθʌɪ(j)ʊərɛt/ Chemistry.
A light odourless crystalline powder, C8H7N3S2, used as a substitute for idioform as an antiseptic.
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1899 New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon (at cited word) Sulphur separates out from thiuret in presence of alkalies, even at low temperatures. It owes its antiseptic properties to the separation of sulphur in a nascent state.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1912; most recently modified version published online June 2018).
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