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sulphureous(dictionary)

gluten (iou) and sulphureous (medicine)


gluten (iou)



gluten noun. L16.
[French from Latin gluten glue.]
= FIBRIN. L16-E19.
A sticky substance; a gum, a glue; a viscid secretion. rare. M17.
A substance present in flour, esp. flour of wheat, which is responsible for the elastic cohesion of dough and is a mixture chiefly of two proteins. E19.
Comb.: gluten bread bread with a high gluten content.

sulphureous (medicine)


sulphureous


Consisting of sulphur; having the qualities of sulphur, or brimstone; impregnated with sulphur. "Her snakes united, sulphureous waters drink." (Pope) Sulphu"reously, Sulphu"reousness.

Origin: L. Sulphureus, sulfureus.

Source: Websters Dictionary