thiourea (English, noun)
expansion: thiourea (plural thioureas)
Senses:
topics: chemistry
natural-sciences
organic-chemistry
physical-sciences
glosses: Any of a class of compounds based on NH₂-CS-NH₂, formally derived from urea by replacing the oxygen atom with sulfur, used in photography as a fixing agent, in inorganic synthesis, and in medicine as an antithyroid drug.
Forms:
form: thioureas
tags: plural