Medical Definition of Hydrogen phosphide

1. A colourless gas, PH3, analogous to ammonia, and having a disagreeable odour resembling that of garlic. Synonym: hydrogen phosphide, and formerly, phosphureted hydrogen. It is the most important compound of phosphorus and hydrogen, and is produced by the action of caustic potash on phosphorus. It is spontaneously inflammable, owing to impurities, and in burning produces peculiar vortical rings of smoke. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrogen Phosphide

hydrogen cyanide
hydrogen dehydrogenase
hydrogen dioxide
hydrogen donor
hydrogen electrode
hydrogen embrittlement
hydrogen exponent
hydrogen fluoride
hydrogen iodide
hydrogen ion
hydrogen ion
hydrogen ion concentration
hydrogen number
hydrogen peroxide
hydrogen peroxide
hydrogen phosphide (current term)
hydrogen pump
hydrogen sulfide
hydrogen sulfide
hydrogen transport
hydrogode
hydrographer
hydrographer
hydrographers
hydrographic
hydrographic
hydrographical
hydrographical
hydrographies
hydrography

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