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Paraldehyde Moderate

Origin: Greek prefix para-

Paraldehyde has 2 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

a colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent

2

A cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde once used as an antidepressant.

See Also
cyclic paracetaldehyde antidepressant acetaldehyde trimer
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
aldehyde
Rhyming Words
hyde wyde tyde lyde oxyde zayde clyde mcbryde aldehyde bebroyde naugahyde dialdehyde inverclyde oxaldehyde trialdehyde metaldehyde strathclyde oxoaldehyde isoaldehyde lactaldehyde
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