Formalin Synonyms

fôrmə-lĭn
A 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. formol

Words Related to Formalin

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. sodium-hypochlorite
  2. fixative
  3. methylene-blue
  4. hypochlorite
  5. diluent
  6. glutaraldehyde
  7. formaldehyde
  8. v-v
  9. dmso

Formalin Sentence Examples

  • The more important of those in use to-day are carbolic acid, the perchloride and biniodide of mercury, iodoform, formalin, salicylic acid, &c. Carbolic acid is germicidal in strong solution, inhibitory in weaker ones.

  • Similar spots are produced on potatoes in America by the fungus Oospora scabies, and in both cases, if affected "seed" potatoes are steeped in a solution of 2 pint formalin in 15 gallons of water for two hours before planting, the attack on the resulting crop is materially lessened.

  • Thus 4% buffered formaldehyde is equivalent to 10% buffered formalin.

  • Fixed in formalin, as pathologists prefer, tissue is useless for extracting nucleic acids and proteins.

  • When exposed to air the latex gradually undergoes putrefactive changes accompanied by coagulation of the caoutchouc. The addition of a small quantity of ammonia or of formalin to some latices usually has the effect of preserving them for a considerable time.

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