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meta·bi·sul·fite
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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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