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Definition of Acetaldehyde

1. Noun. A colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs.

Definition of Acetaldehyde

1. n. Acetic aldehyde. See Aldehyde.

Definition of Acetaldehyde

1. Noun. (organic compound) An organic compound (CH₃CHO). Sometimes called ethanal or acetic aldehyde. See aldehyde. ¹

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Definition of Acetaldehyde

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Medical Definition of Acetaldehyde

1. A colourless, flammable liquid used in the manufacture of acetic acid, perfumes, and flavors. It is also an intermediate in the metabolism of alcohol. It has a general narcotic action and also causes irritation of mucous membranes. Large doses may cause death from respiratory paralysis. Chemical name: Acetaldehyde (12 Dec 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Acetaldehyde

Literary usage of Acetaldehyde

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Text-book of Organic Chemistry by Arnold Frederik. Holleman (1920)
"from acetaldehyde by the cyanohydrin-synthesis (179, 5), and by the oxidation of propyleneglycol. When lactic acid is heated alone, or with dilute sulphuric ..."

2. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for ...edited by Peter M. Eller edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"Chromatographie conditions may be adjusted to resolve acetaldehyde from other aldehydes ... Other reported methods for acetaldehyde use collection in 2 ..."

3. Health Consequences of Smoking: Nicotine Addiction a Report of the Surgeon by C. Everett Koop, M.D., DIANE Publishing Company (1988)
"acetaldehyde is the primary metabolite of ethanol, and its toxic potency is 20 ... acetaldehyde and acrolein, another important aldehyde in the gas phase of ..."

4. Technical Methods of Chemical Analysis by Georg Lunge (1914)
"acetaldehyde is miscible with water, alcohol, and ether in all ... An intense blue coloration is produced on adding a few drops of acetaldehyde to 10 cc of ..."

5. The Phase Rule and Its Applications by Alexander Findlay (1904)
"acetaldehyde and Paraldehyde.—As a second example of the equilibria between two ... we shall take the two isomeric (polymeric) forms of acetaldehyde, ..."

6. A Textbook of Organic Chemistry by Joseph Scudder Chamberlain (1921)
"acetaldehyde CHj-CHO. Ethanal acetaldehyde or ethanal is the second member of the series and corresponds to ethyl alcohol from which it is made by oxidizing ..."

7. A Systematic Handbook of Volumetric Analysis: Or, The Quantitative by Francis Sutton (1904)
"For this purpose four aqueous solutions were prepared containing in 500 cc : (1) 2'075 gm. of formalin; (2) 2-075 gm. of formalin +1'3 gm. acetaldehyde ..."

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