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thioether
An organic sulfide; an ether in which the oxygen is replaced by sulfur; R—S—R′.

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thio·ether -'ē-thər n a compound analogous to ether in which the oxygen has been replaced by sulfur

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thio·ether (thi″o-eґthər) a sulfur ether; an ether in which sulfur replaces oxygen.

Medical dictionary. 2011.