sodium thiosulfate
n. A white crystalline compound, Na2S2O3, often prepared as a pentahydrate, used as a photographic fixing agent, as a bleach and antichlor, as an antidote for cyanide poisoning, and as an antifungal agent. Also called hypo1, hyposulfite, sodium hyposulfite.
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so′dium thiosul′fate
n. [1880–85]
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Noun | 1. | sodium thiosulfate - a compound used as a fixing agent in photographic developingfixing agent, fixer - a chemical compound that sets or fixes something (as a dye or a photographic image) |
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