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Definition of Aldehydes
1. aldehyde [n] - See also: aldehyde
Medical Definition of Aldehydes
1. A large class of organic compounds containing the -cho radical, oxidised to acids and reduced to alcohols. Aldehydes are indicated by the prefix oxo- (for o of co) or formyl- (for cho), or by the suffix -al, -dial, -trial, etc. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Aldehydes
Literary usage of Aldehydes
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Phytopathology by American Phytopathological Society (1917)
"In regard to the generation of aldehydes by microorganisms Grey1 baa shown that
acetaldehyde ... That aldehydes are generated during the growth of Fusarium ..."
2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and General by Thomas Spencer Baynes (1833)
"VL aldehydes. The relations between these compounds and the primary ... СОН It
will be seen from these formulée that aldehydes are ..."
3. Niosh Manual of Analytical Methods: Sampling and Analytical Methods for ...edited by Peter M. Eller edited by Peter M. Eller (1994)
"NOTE 1 : This method may also sample aldehydes other than those listed. The presence
of these other aldehydes can be confirmed by examination of the mass ..."
4. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1870)
"The aldehydes of the first series combine with ammonia, forming crystalline compounds
... The remaining aldehydes yield with ammonia peculiar amides called ..."
5. A Method for the Identification of Pure Organic Compounds by a Systematic by Samuel Parsons Mulliken (1904)
"CHAPTER Ш. GENUS I. aldehydes OF SUBORDER I, ORDER I. (Colorless Compounds of
Carton, Hydrogen, and Oxygen.) This genus is by definition made to include all ..."
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