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formaldehyde (n.)
pungent gas formed by oxidation of methyl alcohol, 1869, a contraction of
formic aldehyde
; see
formic
+
aldehyde
. Discovered in 1863 by German chemist August Wilhelm von Hofmann (1818-1892).
