acetaldehyde
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acetaldehyde
- /ˌæs.ɪˈtæl.dəˌhaɪd/ US
noun acetaldehydes
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A colourless organic compound, CH₃CHO, occurring widely in nature and being produced on a large scale in industry.
When you have a drink, your body turns the ethanol that’s present in the alcoholic beverage into a “really nasty substance” called acetaldehyde, which can damage your DNA, said Timothy Stockwell, an alcohol researcher at the University of Victoria in Canada.
Similar: acetic aldehyde, ethanal
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noun the organic compound CH3CHO
| Español | acetaldehído |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | アセトアルデヒド |
| 中文 | 乙醛 yǐquán, 醋醛 cùquán |
| Português | acetaldeído, etanal |
| Français | acétaldéhyde, éthanal |
| Deutsch | Acetaldehyd |
| Italiano | acetaldeide |
| Ελληνικά | ακεταλδεΰδη aketaldeÿ́di |
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