Hypertext Webster Gateway: "paraldehyde"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Paraldehyde \Par*al"de*hyde\, n. [Pref. para- + aldehyde.]
(Chem.)
A polymeric modification of aldehyde obtained as a white
crystalline substance.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
paraldehyde
n : a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is
used as a sedative and a solvent [syn: {ethanal trimer}]
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