Definition of Sulphites

1. Noun. (plural of sulphite) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sulphites

1. sulphite [n] - See also: sulphite

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sulphites

sulphinimine
sulphinimines
sulphinyl
sulphinylamine
sulphinylamines
sulphinyls
sulphion
sulphionide
sulphionides
sulphions
sulphiredoxin
sulphiredoxins
sulphite
sulphite ammonia caramel
sulphite of soda
sulphites (current term)
sulphitian
sulphitic
sulpho-
sulphoacid
sulphoacids
sulphoaluminate
sulphoaluminates
sulphoarsenic
sulphobenzoate
sulphobenzoates
sulphocarbonate
sulphocarbonates
sulphocarbonic acid
sulphocyanate

Literary usage of Sulphites

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1828)
"sulphites. The salts of sulphurous acid have not hitherto been minutely examined. The sulphites of potassa, soda, and ammonia, which are made by ..."

2. Report of the Annual Meeting (1868)
"On killing animals treated with sulphites, and others not so treated, he found that the former were moat slow to decompose, and, indeed, remained quite ..."

3. Elements of Chemistry: Including the Recent Discoveries and Doctrines of the by Edward Turner (1833)
"sulphites. The salts of sulphurous acid have not hitherto been minutely examined. The sulphites of potash, soda, and ammonia, which are made by neutralizing ..."

4. The Elements of Experimental Chemistry by William Henry, Robert Hare (1819)
"SECTION V. sulphites. I. The combination of sulphurous acid with alkaline and earthy bases, ... The sulphites have no peculiarly interesting properties, ..."

5. A Textbook of the pharmacology and therapeutics, or the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1901)
"sulphites. The sulphites, an unimportant group of bodies from a therapeutic point of view, have been shown to have a more poisonous action than many better ..."

6. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics: Or, The Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1906)
"sulphites. The sulphites, an unimportant group of bodies from a ... Intravenous injection shows that the chief seat of action of the sulphites is the ..."

7. A Textbook of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Or, the Action of Drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1915)
"sulphites. Injected into frogs, sulphite of sodium causes great muscular ... The sulphites, an unimportant group of bodies from a therapeutic point, ..."

8. A Textbook of pharmacology and therapeutics, or, the Action of drugs in by Arthur Robertson Cushny (1918)
"sulphites. • Injected into frogs, sulphite of sodium causes great ... The sulphites, an unimportant group of bodies from a therapeutic point of view, ..."

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