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Definition of: thiol
(thī′ōl, -ol) noun Chem.
Any of a class of sulfur compounds which are analogs of the alcohols and have the general formula RSH, in which R is a hydrocarbon radical: used largely in compounding, as ethanethiol, C2H5SH. Formerly called mercaptan. [<THI- + -OL1]
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