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formaldehyde

[fawr-mal-duh-hahyd, fer-] / fɔrˈmæl dəˌhaɪd, fər- /
NOUN
preservative
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Using satellite observations, scientists detected unusually high levels of formaldehyde inside the enormous volcanic plume created by the eruption.

From Science Daily • May 10, 2026

Composite wood products can be bound with formaldehyde.

From BBC • Mar. 16, 2026

Preserved in formaldehyde and paraffin wax, they come from patients treated at the UK's national bowel hospital, St Mark's, in northwest London.

From Barron's • Feb. 4, 2026

The 2008 auction included more than 200 works by Hirst, from animals in formaldehyde tanks to polka-dot-covered canvases.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 22, 2025

He was dressed in a long rubber apron and he wore rubber gloves to protect his hands from the formaldehyde.

From "Cannery Row" by John Steinbeck




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