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Acrolein
A-cro′le-in
,Noun.
[L.
acer
sharp + olēre
to smell.] (Chem.)
A limpid, colorless, highly volatile liquid, obtained by the dehydration of glycerin, or the destructive distillation of neutral fats containing glycerin. Its vapors are intensely irritating.
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Noun
acrolein (countable and uncountable, plural acroleins)
- (organic chemistry) A pungent, acrid, poisonous liquid aldehyde, CH2=CH-CH=O, made by the destructive distillation of glycerol.
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