from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A colorless, flammable liquid, C2H4O, used to manufacture acetic acid, perfumes, and drugs. Also called aldehyde.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. An organic compound (CH3CHO). Sometimes called ethanal or acetic aldehyde. See aldehyde.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. Acetic aldehyde. See aldehyde.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The aldehyde CH3CHO, formed by the oxidation of common or ethyl alcohol. It boils at 21° C., and has a disagreeable penetrating odor.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a colorless volatile water-soluble liquid aldehyde used chiefly in the manufacture of acetic acid and perfumes and drugs
It is a dangerous combination because the mixing of these two entities causes the conversion of alcohol to acetaldehyde, which is poisonous and can land the patient in the hospital.
It turns out that when the fruits are deprived of oxygen, they shift their metabolism in a way that results in the accumulation of an alcohol derivative called acetaldehyde, and this substance binds with tannins in the cells, thus preempting them from binding to our tongues.
A by-product of this complex metabolic process is a toxin called acetaldehyde.
In its attempts to clear this chemical from the body, the liver creates a substance called acetaldehyde.
The final conversion is carried out by a natural enzyme called acetaldehyde dehydrogenase.
Ethanol has also been used to produce acetaldehyde, which is a precursor for acetic acid, acetic anhydride, butanol,
If heavy drinking is a cause of stomach cancer, it may be related to one of the metabolic byproducts of alcohol -- called acetaldehyde.
A 2009 study in the U.K. concluded that acetaldehyde, which is present in both marijuana and tobacco smoke, can cause DNA damage "with the possibility to initiate cancer development."
Alcohol is converted into a chemical called acetaldehyde inside the body which may cause cancerous changes to cells, Dr Moffat explained.
But other hangover symptoms were probably caused by a chemical called acetaldehyde, produced in the liver as an intermediate step in the metabolism of ethanol.