formalin
noun1
A solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant and to preserve biological specimens.
- If you failed to bathe it in the formalin solution every time, its flesh might cross the precipitous border into decay.2023, V. V. Ganeshananthan, Brotherless Night, Viking, page 20:
- Derived terms
- formalinise, paraformalin, postformalin, preformalin
- Related terms
- formol