formaldehyde meaning

WFormaldehyde

Formaldehyde is a naturally-occurring organic compound with the formula CH2O.
A gas at room temperature, formaldehyde is colorless and has a characteristic pungent,
In view of its widespread use, toxicity and volatility,

formaldehyde

NounPLformaldehydesPREfor-
1. (organic chemistry) The simplest aldehyde, H-CHO, a colourless gas that has many industrial applications; it dissolves in water to give formalin.
More Examples
1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
  - For each mouse, a midcoronal section of the left kidney was fixed in Duboscq-Brazil solution for 60 minutes followed by post-fixation in buffered 10% formaldehyde solution until paraffin embedding.

Meaning of formaldehyde for the defined word.

Grammatically, this word "formaldehyde" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun and a singularia tantum.

Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
1. Nouns
  - Countable nouns
  - Singularia tantum
    - Uncountable nouns

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