formalin

About 0.80 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant and to preserve biological specimens.

Similar words

formol formaldehyde muller fixed fixative embalming fluid fumigant cryofixation cryofixative chemopreservation

Often followed by

and solution for is or in fixation to fixed

Word family

formalins