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Paraldehyde Definition & Meaning

paraldehyde
noun
  1. a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent

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What does paraldehyde mean?
a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent
What part of speech is paraldehyde?
Paraldehyde is a noun.

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