See Also: paraldehyde(medicine)
paraldehyde(dictionary)

paraldehyde (iou)



paraldehyde noun. M19.
[from PARA-1 + ALDEHYDE.]
Chemistry & Pharmacology. A colourless liquid cyclic polymer of acetaldehyde, (CH3CHO)3, used medicinally in the treatment of status epilepticus, and formerly as a narcotic and sedative, and industrially as a solvent, intermediate, etc.