SINCE 1828
metabisulfite
noun
meta·bi·sul·fite
variants:
or chiefly British
metabisulphite
\-ˌbī-ˈsəl-ˌfīt
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Medical Definition of metabisulfite
: a salt containing the bivalent anion S2O52− obtained by heating a bisulfite — see sodium metabisulfite
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