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formalins

formalins is the plural of formalin.

Meaning of formalin

Noun

formalin (countable and uncountable, plural formalins)

  1. 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

Questions about formalins

What is formalins the plural of?
Formalins is the plural of formalin.

Words near formalins in the dictionary

  1. formalinization
  2. formalinize
  3. formalinized
  4. formalinizes
  5. formalinizing
  6. formalins
  7. formalisable
  8. formalisation
  9. formalisations
  10. formalise
  11. formalised

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