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FORMALDEHYD

\fɔːmˈaldɪhˌɪd], \fɔːmˈaldɪhˌɪd], \f_ɔː_m_ˈa_l_d_ɪ_h_ˌɪ_d]\

Definitions of FORMALDEHYD

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary

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A powerfully disinfectant gas, CH2O : formic aldehyd.

1898 - American pocket medical dictionary
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland

Syn. : methylene oxid. Formic aldehyd, HCHO, a gas of powerful disinfecting properties. Its 40 per cent, aqueous solution is known as formalin.

1916 - Appleton's medical dictionary
By Smith Ely Jelliffe

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