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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.
Use formalin when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Formalin means A solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant and to preserve biological specimens..
Common synonyms include formol.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
If you failed to bathe it in the formalin solution every time, its flesh might cross the precipitous border into decay.
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