Formaldehyde
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A colorless, volatile liquid, H2CO, resembling acetic or ethylaldehyde, and chemically intermediate between methyl alcohol andformic acid.
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Formaldehyde kills most bacteria, and so a solution of formaldehyde in water is commonly used as a disinfectant. When he arrives at his room in the tuberculosis sanatorium in Thomas Mann's The Magic Mountain, Hans Castorp is told: An -
what they use to pickle dead people
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Someone who really stinks and seeks attention from geeks.
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a chemical (formula CH2O ), used in industry and for preserving dead bodies and body parts :
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