paraformaldehyde

paraformaldehyde
/par'euh fawr mal"deuh huyd', -feuhr-/, n. Chem.
a white, crystalline polymer of formaldehyde, (HCOH)n, from which it is obtained by evaporation of the aqueous solution: used chiefly as an antiseptic. Also called paraform /par"euh fawrm'/.
[1930-35; PARA-1 + FORMALDEHYDE]

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