Paraldehyde (Noun)
Meaning
A colorless liquid (a cyclic trimer of acetaldehyde) that is used as a sedative and a solvent.
Classification
Nouns denoting substances.
Examples
- The hospital pharmacy stocked paraldehyde as a sedative for emergency situations.
- Paraldehyde was typically administered orally in a diluted solution or rectally in an undiluted form.
- Due to its pungent smell, handling paraldehyde required proper ventilation.
- In the 19th century, doctors frequently used paraldehyde to sedate their patients before surgeries.
- The chemical lab carefully disposed of the waste paraldehyde generated from their experiment.