hydrosulfite

noun

hy·​dro·​sul·​fite

: a salt of hydrosulfurous acid

especially : sodium hydrosulfite

—not used scientifically

called also dithionite, hyposulfite

Word History

Etymology

International Scientific Vocabulary hydrosulfurous + -ite

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