n 1  :  any of various compounds having the general formula RSH which are analogous to alcohols but in which sulfur replaces the oxygen of the hydroxyl group and which have disagreeable odors  2  :  the functional group ----SH characteristic of thiols thi*o*lic adj 
 
   
 
Similar sounding terms:  thalli 
 
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