hydrogen sulfide: Meaning and Definition of

hy'drogen sul'fide

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  1. a colorless, flammable, water-soluble, cumulatively poisonous gas, HS, having the odor of rotten eggs: used chiefly in the manufacture of chemicals, in metallurgy, and as a reagent in laboratory analysis. Also called
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