BISULPHID
\ba͡ɪsˈʌlfɪd], \baɪsˈʌlfɪd], \b_aɪ_s_ˈʌ_l_f_ɪ_d]\
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A term used partly in the sense of disulphid (as in b. of carbon), and partly, after the analogy of bichlorid, binoxid, etc., to denote a compound of sulphur with an element or radicle that contains twice as much sulphur, relatively to that element or radicle, as a sulphid. [Lat.]
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Dopamine Acetyltransferase
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