formaldehyde (redirected from formaldehyde hypersensitivity)

for·mal·de·hyde  (fôr-mld-hd)

n.

A colorless gaseous compound, HCHO, the simplest aldehyde, used for manufacturing melamine and phenolic resins, fertilizers, dyes, and embalming fluids and in aqueous solution as a preservative and disinfectant.

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[form(ic acid) + aldehyde.]

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formaldehyde [fɔːˈmældɪˌhaɪd]

n

(Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) a colourless poisonous irritating gas with a pungent characteristic odour, made by the oxidation of methanol and used as formalin and in the manufacture of synthetic resins. Formula: HCHO Systematic name methanal

[form(ic) + aldehyde; on the model of German Formaldehyd]

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formaldehyde  (fôr-mld-hd)

A colorless gas having a sharp, suffocating odor. It is used in making plastics and, when dissolved in a solution of water and methanol, to preserve biological specimens. Chemical formula: CH₂O.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

formaldehyde - a colorless poisonous gas; made by the oxidation of methanol methanal aldehyde - any of a class of highly reactive chemical compounds; used in making resins and dyes and organic acids gas - a fluid in the gaseous state having neither independent shape nor volume and being able to expand indefinitely

Translations

formaldehyde [fɔːˈmældɪhaɪd] N → formaldehido m

formaldehyde [fɔː^rˈmældɪhaɪd] n → formaldéhyde m
formal dress n

(= smart clothes) → tenue f habillée

(= evening dress) → tenue f de soirée

formaldehyde

n → Formaldehyd m

formaldehyde [fɔːˈmældɪˌhaɪd] n → formaldeide f

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formaldehyde [fɔːˈmældɪˌhaɪd] n → formaldeide f