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DMSO

American

dimethyl sulfoxide: a liquid substance, C 2 H 6 OS, used in industry as a solvent and paint and varnish remover; proposed as an analgesic and anti-inflammatory in musculoskeletal disorders.

DMSO British

abbreviation

dimethylsulphoxide

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Etymology

Origin of DMSO

1960–65; d(i)m(ethyl) s(ulf ) o(xide)

Example Sentences

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It won't scale up to industrial treatment, and it uses dimethyl sulfoxide, or DMSO, but these findings will guide future discoveries about what might work.

From Salon • Aug. 20, 2022

Researchers led by William Dichtel and Brittany Trang, chemists at Northwestern University, studied numerous recipes involving DMSO.

From Science Magazine • Aug. 17, 2022

Right: pregnant mice received BMS493 or the vehicle DMSO.

From Nature • Apr. 4, 2014

Because frentizole comes in powder form, the scientists first dissolved it in DMSO, a powerful solvent.

From Time Magazine Archive

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