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aldehyde

Pronunciation: /ˈæl.dɪ.haɪd/

The English word “aldehyde” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

  1. Any of a large class of reactive organic compounds (R·CHO) having a carbonyl functional group attached to one hydrocarbon radical and a hydrogen atom.

Etymology

Borrowed from German Aldehyd, a contraction of the Latin al(cohol) dehyd(rogenātum).

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