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Used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens
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formalin
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Word definitions for formalin in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Formalin \For"ma*lin\, n. [Formic + aldehyde + -in.] (Chem.) An aqueous solution of formaldehyde, used as a preservative in museums and as a disinfectant.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant and to preserve biological specimens.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens [syn: formol ]
Usage examples of formalin.
As I pumped in the two gallons of warm water rich in formalin and sodium chloride I felt like Napoleon sending in the Old Guard at Waterloo.
I closed my eyes, I saw Ice Islanders sacking the very heart of Formalin power.
He could almost smell the medical school's dead house with its stink of formalin, its corpses in a state of semi-arrested decay.
Next I dissected the tissue around the ring and placed it en bloc in formalin.
To pick the small fish out of its formalin bath and slip it into Mr Krests gaping mouth would have only needed seconds.
To pick the small fish out of its formalin bath and slip it into Mr Krest's gaping mouth would have only needed seconds.
To pick the small fish out of its formalin bath and slip it into Mr Krest’.
I savoured the familiar names: Sweet Spirits of Nitre, Tincture of Camphor, Chlorodyne, Formalin, Salammoniac, Hexamine, Sugar of Lead, Linimentum Album, Perchloride of Mercury, Red Blister.