mercaptan

mercaptan definition - medical

mer·cap·tan (mər-kăpˈtănˌ)

noun
Any of a class of organic compounds in which the oxygen of an alcohol has been replaced by sulfur and which have distinctive, often disagreeable, odors. Also called thiol.

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