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Fehling(dictionary)
Fehling's reagent(medicine)
Fehling's solution(medicine)
Fehling, Hermann von(medicine)

Fehling (iou)



Fehling noun. L19.
[Hermann von Fehling (1812-85), German chemist.]
Fehling reaction, Fehling test, Fehling's reaction, Fehling's test, the reaction of Fehling's solution with aldehydes, used as an analytical test esp. for aldose sugars. Fehling solution, Fehling's solution, an alkaline solution of copper(II) sulphate and a tartrate.