- formaldehyde
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[formaldehyde 词源字典] - formaldehyde: see ant
[formaldehyde etymology, formaldehyde origin, 英语词源] - formaldehyde (n.)
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- pungent gas formed by oxidation of methyl alcohol, 1869, a contraction of formic aldehyde; see formic + aldehyde. Discovered in 1863 by German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892).