noun, plural: compounds. (general) A material made up of two or more parts or elements. (chemistry) A substance consisting of atoms or ions of two or more elements that are chemically bonded together, e.g. carbon dioxide, a substance consisting of carbon and two oxygen atoms.
TV & Film. Michael Sutton is best known to daytime television audiences as Stone Cates, a role he played on General Hospital from 1993 to 1995. The first love of Robin Scorpio, daughter of Anna Devane and Robert Scorpio, Stone died of AIDS, but not before infecting Robin with HIV.
James Arness and Milburn Stone are the only two regulars to stay with the show for its entire 20-year, 635-episode duration on CBS. There was one brief exception in 1971. Milburn Stone suffered a heart attack, and Pat Hingle, portraying Dr. John Chapman, replaced Stone for 6 episodes while he recovered.