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form•al•de•hyde n. [uncountable]

Chemistrya toxic gas used chiefly in solution as a disinfectant and as a preservative.

form•al•de•hyde n. [Chem.]

Chemistrya colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH₂O, having a suffocating odor, usually derived from methyl alcohol by oxidation: used chiefly in aqueous solution, as a disinfectant and preservative, and in the manufacture of various resins and plastics. Also called methanal. Cf. formalin.

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formaldehyde /fɔːˈmældɪˌhaɪd/ n

a colourless poisonous irritating gas with a pungent characteristic odour, made by the oxidation of methanol and used as formalin and in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: HCHOSystematic name: methanal

Etymology: 19th Century: form( ic) + aldehyde; on the model of German Formaldehyd

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