noun
- a colorless liquid chemical compound used as a sedative and hypnotic drug, and as a solvent
Usage: medical; chemistry
Examples
- The doctor prescribed paraldehyde to help the patient sleep.
- Paraldehyde has a strong, unpleasant odor that is difficult to mask.
- The hospital kept paraldehyde in the pharmacy for emergency sedation.
- Due to its side effects, paraldehyde is rarely used in modern medicine.
- The chemist used paraldehyde as a solvent in the laboratory experiment.
- Paraldehyde was once commonly used to treat alcohol withdrawal symptoms.