/duy'sul fear"euhm/ , n. Pharm.
a cream-colored, water-insoluble solid, C 10 H 20 N 2 S 4 , used chiefly in the treatment of chronic alcoholism, producing highly unpleasant symptoms when alcohol is taken following its administration. Also called tetraethylthiuram disulfide .
[ 1950-55; DISULFI(DE) + ( thiu ) ram; see THIO-, UREA, AMYL ]