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hydrogen sulfide


hydrogen sulfide

noun

Definition of HYDROGEN SULFIDE

: a flammable poisonous gas H2S that has an odor suggestive of rotten eggs and is found especially in many mineral waters and in putrefying matter
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First Known Use of HYDROGEN SULFIDE

1869

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