[
UK
/fˈɔːmɐlˌɪn/
]
NOUN
- a 10% solution of formaldehyde in water; used as a disinfectant or to preserve biological specimens
How To Use formalin In A Sentence
- I could feel the cold upon my skin; I breathed it into my lungs along with the heavy smell of formalin. NIGHT SISTERS
- Scrapie is a chronic disease of sheep which is transmitted by a filterable particle that is resistant to heat and formalin fixation.
- The specimens were fixed overnight in neutral buffered 10% formalin and embedded in paraffin wax.
- Biopsy tissues were fixed in buffered formalin and processed routinely through paraffin wax, ensuring optimal orientation at the embedding stage.
- Dead snakes brought to the hospital were labelled and preserved in 10% formalin or 70% ethanol.
- The antral biopsy specimens were fixed in formalin and processed routinely.
- The probed site was then biopsied and the tissue samples were fixed in formalin for routine histopathology.
- With respect to the lungs, formalin was infused through the trachea or mainstem bronchi until the lungs were normally expanded.
- All surgical specimens were fixed in formalin and examined with hematoxylin-eosin stain.
- This helps remove aerosolized formalin from the air during the filling process, reducing the risk of inhalation exposure.
