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DMSO

American  
  1. 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

  1. 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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"At the Faculty of Pharmacy, we are not afraid of difficult topics. The safety of patients who have lost their way in search of treatment is of utmost importance to us. And the interest in the results encourages us to continue our work. We are planning a series of analyses and publications on other miracle preparations -- DMSO, adaptogens, 'detoxification' protocols -- all in the spirit of scientific myth-busting," conclude the authors, Dr. Dudek-Wicher and Prof Adam Junka from the Department of Pharmaceutical Microbiology and Parasitology at Wroclaw Medical University.

From Science Daily

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

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

From Science Magazine

Barcoded KCL-22 cells were treated with DMSO, ABL001 or nilotinib.

From Nature

Likewise, heating the T2-γ solvate isolated from a DMSO/acetone mixture for 60 min at 340 K transformed it to a T2-α solvate.

From Nature