| 释义 |
formaldehyde
/fawr mal"deuh huyd', feuhr-/, n. Chem.
a 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.
[1870-75; FORM(IC) + ALDEHYDE; modeled on G Formaldehyd] |