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Meaning of "formalin" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FORMALIN

formalin  [ˈfɔːməlɪn] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FORMALIN

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adjective
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Formalin is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES FORMALIN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

formalin

Formaldehyde

Butyraldehyde Decanal Heptanal Hexanal Nonanal Octadecanal Octanal Pentanal Propionaldehyde Related compounds methanol formic acid Except where noted otherwise, data are given for materials in their standard state (at 25 °C (77 °F), 100 kPa) Y (verify) (what is: Y/N?) Infobox references Formaldehyde is an organic compound with the formula CH2O or HCHO. It is the simplest aldehyde and is also known by its systematic name methanal. The common name of this substance comes from its similarity and relation to formic acid. A gas at room temperature, formaldehyde is colorless and has a characteristic pungent, irritating odor. It is an important precursor to many other materials and chemical compounds. In 1996, the installed capacity for the production of formaldehyde was estimated to be 8.7 million tonnes per year. Commercial solutions of formaldehyde in water, commonly called formol, were formerly used as disinfectants and for preservation of biological specimens. It is commonly used in nail hardeners and/or nail varnish.

Definition of formalin in the English dictionary

The definition of formalin in the dictionary is a 40 per cent solution of formaldehyde in water, used as a disinfectant, preservative for biological specimens, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FORMALIN


Adrenalin
əˈdrɛnəlɪn
adrenaline
əˈdrɛnəlɪn
bromelin
ˈbrəʊməlɪn
capelin
ˈkæpəlɪn
chamberlain
ˈtʃeɪmbəlɪn
concanavalin
ˌkɒnkəˈnævəlɪn
Cromalin
ˈkrəʊməlɪn
enkephalin
ɛnˈkɛfəlɪn
ermelin
ˈɜːməlɪn
formaline
ˈfɔːməlɪn
Hamelin
ˈhæməlɪn
homelyn
ˈhɒməlɪn
kaolin
ˈkeɪəlɪn
lanolin
ˈlænəlɪn
madeleine
ˈmædəlɪn
magdalen
ˈmæɡdəlɪn
naphthalene
ˈnæfθəlɪn
Ritalin
ˈrɪtəlɪn
trampoline
ˈtræmpəlɪn
zeppelin
ˈzɛpəlɪn

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FORMALIN

formal logic
formal mode
formal system
formal theory
formaldehyde
formaline
formalisable
formalisation
formaliser
formalism
formalist
formalistic
formalistically
formaliter
formalities
formality
formalizable
formalization
formalize
formalizer

WORDS THAT END LIKE FORMALIN

alkalin
amygdalin
bufotalin
cephalin
digitalin
dualin
encephalin
hyalin
kephalin
mescalin
naphthalin
noradrenalin
phthalin
ptyalin
Sakhalin
santalin
Stalin
trifluralin

Synonyms and antonyms of formalin in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «formalin» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FORMALIN

Find out the translation of formalin to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of formalin from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «formalin» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

福尔马林
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

formalina
570 millions of speakers

English

formalin
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

formalin
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

الفورمالين
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

формалин
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

formalina
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ফরমালিন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

formol
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Formalin
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Formalin
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

ホルマリン
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

포르말린
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Formalin
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tên chất hóa học
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

ஃபார்மலினைப்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Formalin
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

formalin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

formalina
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

formalina
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

формалін
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

formol
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

φορμόλη
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

formalien
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

formalin
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

formalin
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of formalin

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FORMALIN»

The term «formalin» is quite widely used and occupies the 40.957 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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Principal search tendencies and common uses of formalin
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «formalin».

FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FORMALIN» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «formalin» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «formalin» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about formalin

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FORMALIN»

Discover the use of formalin in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to formalin and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Emergencies in Urology
The results of a meta-analysis evaluating 235 cases of intractable bladder hemorrhage treated with intravesical formalin form the foundation upon which most recommendations are made (Donahue and Frank 1989). Formalin can be ...
M. Hohenfellner, R.A. Santucci, 2007
2
Drug Discovery and Evaluation: Pharmacological Assays
(1997) determined the pattern of c- fos expression in the rat spinal cord to study the two phases of the formalin test. Clavelou et al. (1989), Daniel et al. (1995). Gilbert et al. (2001) used a modification of the formalin test for assessing pain and ...
Hans Vogel, 2008
3
Manual of Foot Care in Cattle
FOOTBATH APPLICATIONS FOR COPPER SULFATE, ZINC SULFATE, AND FORMALIN Copper sulfate and zinc sul- fate are commonly used in footbaths, but available information indicates that they rapidly combine with organic matter and  ...
Jan K. Shearer, Sarel Rens Van Amstel, Adrian Gonzalez, 2005
4
Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissues: Methods and Protocols
Authoritative and accessible, Formalin-Fixed Paraffin-Embedded Tissues: Methods and Protocols presents an area of research that intersects with and integrates diverse disciplines.
Fahd Al-Mulla, 2011
5
Immune Responses Induced by Formalin-inactivated and ...
The highly efficacious live-attenuated measles vaccine (LAV) is neutralized by maternal antibody passively acquired from immune mothers and therefore cannot be administered effectively during the first months of life.
M. Jeff Bergen, 2009
6
Proteome Analysis of Formalin-fixed and Paraffin-embedded Tissue
Because of the long history of the use of formalin as the standard fixative for tissue processing in histopathology, these archival formalin-fixed and paraffin-embedded (FFPE) tissues present invaluable resources for conducting ...
Tong Guo, 2008
7
Poultry Diseases,Diagnosis And Treatment
(3) Formalin Formalin is very effective disinfectant which is cheap and easily available. It is available as 40 per cent solution of formaldehyde gas. Formalin is used for fumigation of brooder and hatchery along with potassium permanganate .
H. V. S. Chauhan, Sushovan Roy, 1996
8
Zooplankton of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts: A Guide to ...
Bujfered F ormalin Buffered formalin is the traditional fixative and preservative used for zooplankton collections. Full-strength formalin solution contains about 40% formaldehyde gas. Add enough full-strength buffered formalin to the sample to ...
William S. Johnson, Dennis M. Allen, 2012
9
English Reports Annotated, 1866-1900
D. 837) followed), and that the word " Formalin " did not connote the □ manufacture of the applicants' assignors. Previous to 1893 one Schering had been manufacturing in Germany a 6olution of formic aldehyde (or formaldehyde) in water, the ...
Maxwell Alexander Robertson, 1900
10
Techniques of Television Production
37.1 Specimen preparation in histology (a) Following surgical procedure, specimens are sent to the histology laboratory in containers with formalin (b) A portion of the specimen is removed and (c and d) transferred to a smaller container for ...
Kanai L. Mukherjee, 1962

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FORMALIN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term formalin is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Bonding in the highlands: 1st-class health service for 4th-class towns
“We own a funeral parlor so we had a lot of Formalin. I used to give that to farmers with wounds on their feet because we had no other medicine ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
2
Half of poisoned food cases in China involved pork | Inquirer News
In other cases, formalin, which contains formaldehyde, was used to soak frozen meats and aquatic products to keep them fresh, the statement ... «Inquirer.net, Jul 15»
3
New Products Posted to GenomeWeb
... a novel bioinformatics suite and is optimized to interrogate difficult sample types such as formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded and fine-needle aspiration tissues, ... «GenomeWeb, Jul 15»
4
Twinrix (Prophylactic Hepatitis B Virus Vaccines) Forecast and …
Twinrix contains the antigenic components used in GSK's Havrix (formalin-inactivated HAV) and GSK's Engerix-B (yeast-derived recombinant ... «Medgadget.com, Jul 15»
5
Thermo Fisher Scientific's Next-Generation Sequencing Platform …
... range of infrequent gene alterations with a single assay of small amounts of DNA and cDNA from a formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded biopsy ... «SelectScience.net, Jul 15»
6
Sometimes khushi, sometimes gawm
No hint of formalin, and mangoes rotting in three to four days. And yet, no newspaper or channel has lauded the feat enough. We are truly sorry, ... «The Daily Star, Jul 15»
7
Team IDs New Virus with Apparent Ties to Deadly Encephalitis …
Using two different primer-probe sets, they then quantified VSBV-1 levels by RT-qPCR in formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded (FFPE) brain ... «GenomeWeb, Jul 15»
8
Asuragen Launches the Quantidex™ Pan Cancer Kit*, a Workflow …
... the reliable interrogation of difficult sample types, such as formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) and fine-needle aspiration (FNA) tissues. «Business Wire, Jul 15»
9
NanoString Technologies Announces Publication of Clinical Study …
The Prosigna Assay measures gene expression levels of RNA extracted from formalin-fixed paraffin embedded (FFPE) breast tumor tissue ... «Virtual-Strategy Magazine, Jul 15»
10
Clinically Relevant Molecular Subtypes in Leiomyosarcoma
Investigators identified two new formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded tissue-compatible diagnostic immunohistochemical markers: LMOD1 for the ... «Cancer Therapy Advisor, Jul 15»

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