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Latin, Paraformaldehydum
Eng., Paraformaldehyde.
A polymeric form of formaldehyde.
White friable masses, or a powder, having a faint odor of formaldehyde.
On heating it is partly converted into formaldehyde and partly sublimed unchanged.
Used principally as the prepared "Formaldehyde Troches."
See Formaldehyde.
 
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