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dəˌhaɪd, fər- noun Chemistry.
a colorless, toxic, potentially carcinogenic, water-soluble gas, CH 2 O, 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.
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formaldehyde (fɔːˈmældɪˌhaɪd) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
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| Systematic name: methanal 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: HCHO | |
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formaldehyde
1872, formed from form(ic acid) + aldehyde, coined by Ger. chemist Justus von Liebig (1803-73), abbreviation of al(cohol) dehyd(rogenatum) "dehydrogenated alcohol."
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Medical Dictionary
formaldehyde for·mal·de·hyde (fôr-māl'də-hīd')
n.
A colorless, gaseous compound that is the simplest aldehyde, used for manufacturing melamine and phenolic resins, fertilizers, dyes, and embalming fluids and in aqueous solution as a preservative and disinfectant.
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formaldehyde  (fôr-māl'də-hīd') Pronunciation Key
A colorless gas having a sharp, suffocating odor. It is used in making plastics and, when dissolved in a solution of water and methanol, to preserve biological specimens. Chemical formula: CH2O. |
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Example sentences
Neoprene gloves-heavier synthetic gloves for handling fluid preserved specimens as they are resistant to alcohol and formaldehyde.
Their formulaic concept amounts to intellectual formaldehyde.
They're actually only in a suspended state, that's what the formaldehyde is for.
For contemporary purveyors of scandal, one might look among the sharks in formaldehyde and heads of frozen human blood.
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