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NOUN:
  1. Any of a class of highly reactive organic chemical compounds obtained by oxidation of primary alcohols, characterized by the common group CHO, and used in the manufacture of resins, dyes, and organic acids.
  2. See acetaldehyde.
ETYMOLOGY:
German Aldehyd, from New Latin al. dehyd., abbr. for alcohol dehydrogentum, dehydrogenized alcohol


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