Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for DEU-TOX'YD
DEUT-HY-DROG'U-RET, or DEU-TO-HY-DROG'U-RETDE-VAP-O-RA'TION
DEU-TOX'YD, n. [Gr. δευτερος, second, and oxyd; strictly, deuteroxyd.]
A compound of two equivalents of oxygen with one of a base.
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