MERCAPTAN


Meaning of MERCAPTAN in English

/meuhr kap"tan/ , n. Chem.

any of a class of sulfur-containing compounds having the type formula RSH, in which R represents a radical, and having an extremely offensive, garlicky odor.

[ 1825-35; corpus mercurium captans body capturing quicksilver ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .